Right to Repair

Summary

Voter-approved expansion of Massachusetts' automotive right-to-repair law (which began in 2013). Requires automakers selling telematics-equipped vehicles to provide owners and independent shops access to mechanical and telematics data through a standardized, owner-authorized open platform, starting with model year 2022. Implementation has been contested in federal court, and NHTSA initially urged automakers not to comply over cybersecurity concerns.

Status timeline

1. Introduced—
2. Approved by ~75% of voters November 2020; applies to model year 2022+; implementation contested in federal litigation.11/3/2020