Allegations of automobile malfunctions causing accidents are often the basis for claims against automotive repair facilities.
The scenario usually develops as follows. An automotive repair facility works on a vehicle and releases it to the owner after the repair has been completed. Shortly afterward, the vehicle is involved in an accident and the driver blames the accident on an automobile malfunction related to the recent repair.
One repository of factual information that will help evaluate such a claim resides in the onboard memory of the sensing diagnostic module (SDM) of the vehicle, often called the black box.
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