Effort aims to reduce headlight glare and modernize vehicle lighting technology. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced Oct. 6 that it will use negotiated rulemaking to update Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 108, the federal standard governing headlamps and other vehicle lighting, with headlight glare, headlamp height and aim, test procedures […]
Washington State Fines USAA and Allstate a Combined $230,000 for Claim-Handling Violations
New auto claims-handling rules take effect Oct. 18 Washington state Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer has fined USAA Casualty Insurance Co. $140,000 and Allstate Vehicle and Property Insurance Co. $90,000 for claim-handling violations, including USAA total loss settlements that left out sales tax or fees on 254 claims. The Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) announced […]
NHTSA Finalizes Fuel Economy Rollback, Ends Credit Trading and Reclassifies Crossovers
Agency says changes should reduce crashes and vehicle maintenance costs. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Sept. 28 released its final rule resetting Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for passenger cars and light trucks for model years 2022 through 2031, setting requirements the agency projects will reach a fleetwide average of roughly […]
Automakers Ask Congress to Ban Chinese Connected Vehicles Before Session Ends
The Alliance for Automotive Innovation urged congressional leaders Sept. 3 to enact a permanent ban on the sale, import and manufacture of Chinese connected vehicles, hardware and software before the 119th Congress concludes. Alliance for Automotive Innovation President and CEO John Bozzella made the request in a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority […]
California Bureau of Automotive Repair Suspends Third Los Angeles Repair Dealer Over Fraudulent Safety Inspections on Rebuilt Total Loss Vehicles
A California administrative law judge has suspended the license of Los Angeles-based automotive repair dealer Industry Smog after a Bureau of Automotive Repair investigation found the business performed fraudulent vehicle safety systems inspections and issued 15 certificates of compliance without performing the required inspections. The certificates at issue are the documents that clear rebuilt total […]
Australia Competition Regulator Sues Subaru in First Right to Repair Scheme Court Action
Federal Court filing alleges Subaru Australia withheld diagnostic software from independent repairers for more than two years, including two businesses that needed it for windshield camera calibration. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has filed proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Subaru (Aust) Pty Ltd, alleging the importer failed to offer independent repairers […]
Massachusetts Appraiser Board Adopts Ruling Requiring Repair Shops to Keep Licensed Appraisers
The Auto Damage Appraiser Licensing Board finalized Advisory Ruling 2026-1 at its July 14 meeting, reaffirming that shops must employ or retain a licensed appraiser to prepare damage appraisals. The Massachusetts Auto Damage Appraiser Licensing Board has adopted an advisory ruling requiring auto body repair shops to employ or retain licensed motor vehicle damage appraisers […]
California Bureau of Automotive Repair Advisory Group to Weigh Airbag Sourcing Rule and Predatory-Towing Case July 30
Agenda pairs a pending airbag-parts regulation and a windshield calibration-disclosure bill with an enforcement case study built on a bandit-towing scheme. The California Bureau of Automotive Repair will convene its Advisory Group on July 30 for a session that puts several regulatory, legislative and enforcement matters affecting collision repair facilities before the panel, including a […]
California Proposes Airbag Safety Rule
Bureau of Automotive Repair proposal would restrict parts sourcing and require return to OEM operating conditions. The California Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR) has proposed expanding its airbag safety regulation to bar the state’s roughly 35,000 licensed automotive repair dealers from handling previously deployed, faulty or counterfeit airbags and to require that replacement airbag parts […]
U.S. Declines to Renew USMCA at First Joint Review as Auto Industry Presses for Extension
The Trump administration said it would not renew the pact in its current form, leaving trade rules that govern North America’s integraded auto-parts supply chain in force but unsettled. The United States, Mexico and Canada conducted the first mandatory joint review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on July 1, and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer […]
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