Court Decision Looms On Auto Right to Repair. A Lawyer Explains What It’s All About.

Sometime in the next few weeks, a Federal Judge in Massachusetts will issue a ruling on the State’s recently passed Question 1. Here’s what’s at stake in the case.

Sometime in the next month, a federal judge in Massachusetts will issue a ruling on what may be the most consequential legal case on the right to repair in a generation. At stake: owners ability to repair modern vehicles that wirelessly transmit maintenance data using so-called “telematics” systems.

The case, Alliance for Automotive Innovation v. Healy (