The Collision Repair Association of California (CRA) is sponsoring legislation that will penalize insurers for having repair shops use aftermarket parts on vehicles that are under a factory warranty.
SB 1059 has been introduced by California State Senator Carole Migden (D) in an attempt to protect interested parties in the event that installed aftermarket parts cause a factory warranty to be void.
Through this legislation, the CRA seeks to show that insurers want to control auto repair work through contracts between the vehicle owner and the repairer in order to remove responsibility from the insurer.
“Requiring an automotive repair dealer to install an aftermarket part in a vehicle that is under factory warranty,” is the key provision in this bill.
CRA lobbyist Richard Steffen commented in a release by the CRA, “An insurer may ask that an aftermarket part be used, and that part may be installed if the repairer and the consumer consent. But in those cases where the repairer believes that “factory is best,” the insurer would not be able to override this decision if SB 1059 were law.”
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