LEGISLATIVE ALERT: S. 2956
STOP THE
GROUND STOP.
The "Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act" is back. It threatens to make up to 100% of inventory unsellable until every recall is fixed – even if parts aren't available.
A THREAT TO INDEPENDENT DEALERS
For more than a decade, we have successfully blocked the Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act. Now, proponents are trying to slip it into the “must-pass” Surface Transportation reauthorization bill.
Total Sales Ban
The bill prohibits the sale, lease, or loan of any used vehicle with an open recall. No exceptions for minor issues like label placements or manual updates.
The Parts Trap
If parts are on backorder (which they often are), your inventory sits. You pay floorplan interest on cars you legally cannot sell, sometimes for months.
OUR RESPONSE
ANALYSIS & ADVOCACY
To protect dealers from the proposed Used Car Safety Recall Act, NIADA has joined with other industry stakeholders to fund an independent study by J.D. Power analyzing the legislation’s potential economic impact on the used car market. The completed report will be used to inform policymakers about the bill’s unintended consequences and to urge lawmakers not to include it in the 2026 Surface Transportation reauthorization.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
FUEL THE FIGHT
NIADA, the only national association exclusively defending independent dealers, is working to prevent harmful provisions like the Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act from being included in the Surface Transportation bill.
Help us protect your business with a contribution to NIADA’s Political Action Committee. PAC donations support federal candidates who represent the interests of the used car industry.
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