M.O.Used: Automakers Try End Run Around Repair Industry on Telematics Access

The surprise announcement of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with two repair industry groups is unenforceable and leaves OEMs in the role of repair gatekeepers, warned the Auto Care Association.

A surprise announcement Tuesday of a breakthrough on the contentious issue of automobile repair got a thumbs down from right to repair advocates, who said it was designed to sow confusion ahead of planned Congressional hearings next week.

The announcement, between The Alliance for Automotive Innovation (AAI) and two auto service industry groups: the Aut…