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ASA Asks NCOIL To Drop Aftermarket Crash Parts Certification Legislation
The Automotive Service Association (ASA) sent a letter to the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) responding to their consideration of aftermarket crash parts certification. ASA supports disclosure laws that require insurers and collision repair facilities to obtain the written consent of vehicle owners before installing replacement crash parts. Click here to read the press release.
Below is the letter ASA sent to the NCOIL:
March 2, 2005
The Honorable Craig Eiland
President
National Conference of Insurance Legislators
601 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 900, South Building
Washington, D.C. 20004
Dear Representative Eiland:
The Automotive Service Association (ASA) is the largest and oldest independent automotive repair association in the United States.
It is our understanding that the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) will consider aftermarket crash parts certification policy at its Spring meeting in South Carolina. ASA does not believe the aftermarket crash parts certification legislation, under consideration, adequately protects consumers or repairers. Vehicle owners deserve notice as to the types of parts used in the repair of their vehicle after an accident. The use of any replacement crash parts should follow only after written consent by the vehicle owner. We have shared draft legislation, addressing consumer notice and consent, with NCOIL in the past.
Collision repairers are on the front lines when consumer questions arise concerning parts. To assure adequate consumer notice and education, it is imperative that written consent by the vehicle owner be part of the collision repair process.
ASA has supported replacement crash parts legislation, requiring notice and written consent, for a number of years in states around the country. Notice and written consent provide the type of consumer protection we believe vehicle owners, our customers, deserve.
Aftermarket parts certification legislation, as proposed, will not provide the kinds of protection vehicle owners need.
State by state parts certification programs will invoke all types of regulatory burdens. Enforcement, the lack of quality control and increased bureaucracies are all reasons to say no to aftermarket crash parts certification legislation.
Please oppose aftermarket crash parts certification legislation.
If you have any questions regarding this issue, please feel free to contact ASA.
Sincerely,
Robert L. Redding, Jr.
ASA Washington, D.C. Representative
