MR SUKKAR told the Autocare audience that criteria for the federal government’s design for a mandatory repair and service information sharing scheme will seek to: • Offer consumers greater choice for getting their vehicle repaired, particularly in regional/remote areas • Make clear the expectations from manufacturers with respect to information sharing on fair and reasonable … Continue reading SUKKAR’S SHARING PLAN
THE image above was the first slide in Rod Sims’ Autocare keynote presentation and depicts his father’s workshop in Lorne, Victoria, which was in front of the family home for the first 10 years of his life. His family then moved to Geelong, where they opened another workshop, and Mr Sims would work in the … Continue reading SIMS RAISED IN A WORKSHOP
• Some car manufacturers only started providing independent repairers with access to technical websites during the course of the ACCC market study • Gaining information from some brands could take up to two weeks • Only certain car manufacturers appeared to be providing access to much of the types of technical information independent repairers need … Continue reading ACCC FINDINGS
A FAIR go for independent repairers under a mandatory repair information sharing scheme is high on the Turnbull government agenda and has the full support of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). This was the clear message from assistant minister to the treasurer Michael Sukkar in his opening address to the Autocare 2018 convention … Continue reading PROGRESS AT LAST
