{"id":367,"date":"2016-02-23T00:50:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T07:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emanualonline.com\/blog\/?p=367"},"modified":"2025-06-30T03:56:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T08:56:04","slug":"is-it-illegal-to-fix-your-own-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emanualonline.com\/blog\/is-it-illegal-to-fix-your-own-car","title":{"rendered":"Is It Illegal To Fix Your Own Car?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know what you may be thinking. Yeah right, illegal to fix my own car. That will be the day when they pry my monkey wrench out of my cold dead fingers.<\/p>\n

The thing is, having laws that say you cannot work on your own car, even though you bought it and even if you paid it off in full, may not be a thing of science fiction very shortly. These may actually come true.<\/p>\n

Yes, we know; it’s already bad enough that so much of the equipment you need to work on newer cars is proprietary. It really makes you feel like they’ve got you bent over a park bench.<\/p>\n

Plus, if you’ve been around for a while you know the reason they do that. It’s the same reason a silly little o-ring for a spacecraft is sold to the Government for a reported but not verifiable \u00a32,450. That same exact o-ring can be bought at nearly any car parts store for between 30 and 90 pence.<\/p>\n

Correlating that back to the auto parts, it’s the same; it’s all about the profits. Some of the markups on proprietary parts and equipment are just insane. So, there you have it; that’s why they do it. It’s massively profitable.<\/p>\n

And make no mistake about it, that’s why…<\/p>\n

The Car\u00a0Manufacturers Want To Pass Laws That Make It Illegal For You To Work On Your Own Car!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We know that might take a little time to sink in, but it’s absolutely true. As we will explain below, they are pushing lawmakers very hard with their lobbyists to get a series of laws passed that will make working on your own car<\/a> or truck on your own property illegal.<\/p>\n

Not only that, but they are also attempting to make any 3rd party modifications illegal as well. So, you would not be able to take your car down to your mechanic or a specialty shop and have them modify it for you either.<\/p>\n

To the best of our knowledge, this would not have anything to do with external modifications such as custom paint or a spoiler. It would have to do with the engine and anything associated with any of the mechanical or electrical parts.<\/p>\n

As absolutely nuts as this sounds, here’s why they say they need these laws.<\/p>\n

They Say They Need These Laws Because Of Copyright Infringement<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Their reasoning for wanting to pass laws that stop you from working on your cars and any 3rd party modifications is from a provision in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Section 1201 of the DMCA contains the provisions regarding circumventing technology that protects copyrighted work.<\/p>\n

The lobbyists for the automakers have come right out and said that; cars have become too complex for the home repair enthusiast to be able to work on any longer. They cite that; the computer systems that run many of your car’s functions are copyrighted, and they cannot allow them out into the hands of the public or their competitors.<\/p>\n

They have filed for this year’s hearing to have their case come up on the docket. Their initial steps are weighted by saying; the risks of allowing home auto enthusiasts access to sensitive areas such as steering, throttle control, and braking are just too great.<\/p>\n

They say that the risk to their copyrighted systems is so great that it far outweighs any benefit that the automotive enthusiast might derive.<\/p>\n

They also cite the safety concerns of the number of automotive accidents that are caused by mechanical failure.<\/p>\n

The truth is, those numbers don’t really add up. Roughly 12% to 13 % of accidents are caused by mechanical failure. However, the majority of those were not due to people working on their cars but from a lack of preventive maintenance. As per previous blog posts, this is imperative. If you don’t already have a workshop manual, ensure to pick one up from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another portion is from failures that would be blamed on the original manufacturers. You quite often hear of recalls from all most every manufacturer for one part or another that failed. So, the majority of those percentages don’t come from home auto enthusiasts at all. They came from the other sources we listed.<\/p>\n

Will They Be Able To Pass This?<\/p>\n

With that part, we don’t know. It’s nearly impossible to know what the Government will or will not pass.<\/p>\n

The only thing we can do is wait and see together.<\/p>\n

But you can bet that we’ll be on it, digging up the real information and then letting you know as fast as possible.<\/p>\n

Download your car maintenance<\/a> manual here<\/span>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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