{"id":6306,"date":"2025-09-24T13:17:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T18:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/?p=6306"},"modified":"2025-09-24T13:18:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T18:18:27","slug":"dealer-takes-up-charge-on-right-to-repair-after-niada-policy-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/dealer-takes-up-charge-on-right-to-repair-after-niada-policy-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealer takes up charge on Right to Repair after NIADA Policy Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After attending his first NIADA Policy Conference Sept. 15-16 in Washington, D.C., Shea Phillips felt inspired to continue advocacy efforts on the Right to the Repair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The general manager of Number One Auto Sales in Buckhannon, West Virginia, who has built a strong following with his creative social media marketing, turned to what he knows best to inspire others to join the effort to get the REPAIR Act passed. Phillips shot an informative video about the proposed act and the current limitations on the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shea Phillips of General Manager of Number One Auto Sales in Buckhannon, WV on REPAIR Act.\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/COzk8H-nXuQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf this bill doesn\u2019t pass, the future impact that monopolizing auto parts and repairs by the manufacturers\u00a0will have on consumers, as well as service shops, will be crippling,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cI felt like this was an easy sell to convince members of Congress to pass this bill. But then I remembered that small independent dealers like us don\u2019t have the deep pockets of the manufacturers. So what do you do when you don\u2019t have deep pockets? You gather as many voices as you can and you make them heard. \u00a0That\u2019s why I decided to make this video and try to spread the word about the importance of this bill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The REPAIR Act was one of four issues presented during the visit to Capitol Hill during discussions with lawmakers. In all, 148 NIADA members took part in the Day on the Hill, holding 123 meetings with members of Congress and their staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The REPAIR Act (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/1566\/all-info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">H.R. 1566<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/senate-bill\/1379\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S. 1379<\/a>), introduced in both chambers with bipartisan support, is designed to empower consumers and promote competition in the automotive repair industry by safeguarding vehicle owners&#8217; access to essential repair and maintenance information, ensuring independent repair shops, parts manufacturers and aftermarket service providers can continue to offer affordable and high-quality services. The bills prohibit OEMs from using technological or legal barriers that prevent vehicle owners or their designees from accessing vehicle-generated data and critical repair information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phillips recently joined the NIADA Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Committee, where he learned about the bills and advocacy efforts in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t even aware of the Right to Repair Act. Once I learned all about it, I realized that if I hadn\u2019t heard about it, then I\u2019m sure most consumers hadn\u2019t heard about it either,\u201d Phillips said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phillips said the time in Washington was important, but he realizes the work continues to grow the industry\u2019s voice and push this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why I am following up my visit to Capitol Hill with emails about the importance of this bill. &nbsp;And I urge each person reading this article right now to make a similar video to share with your audience to help get the word out so folks know what the future holds if we don\u2019t get this bill passed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NIADA continues dialogue with industry partners on the Right to Repair and is working with a coalition of other trade groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NIADA will return to Washington, D.C., Sept. 28-29, 2026, at the Willard InterContinental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See photos from this year\u2019s NIADA Policy Conference <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/203046257@N04\/albums\/72177720329107210\/with\/54796539313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After attending his first NIADA Policy Conference Sept. 15-16 in Washington, D.C., Shea Phillips felt inspired to continue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_appearance_grid":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10,3,54],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6306","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-advocacy","8":"category-industry","9":"category-legislative","10":"cs-entry","11":"cs-video-wrap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}