Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The automotive aftermarket is the secondary parts market of the automotive industry, concerned with the manufacturing, remanufacturing, distribution, retailing, and installation of all vehicle parts, chemicals, equipment, and accessories, after the sale of the automobile by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to the consumer.
The Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act, sometimes also referred to as Right to Repair, is a name for several related proposed bills in the United States Congress and several state legislatures which would require automobile manufacturers to provide the same information to independent repair shops as they do for dealer shops.
Paintless dent repair can be a very beneficial repair given that the damage qualifies. It can save the factory finish of a vehicle which cannot be replicated nor reproduced. However, PDR does not replace a traditional body repair shop. Factors such as paint damage, stretched metal or an already re-painted panel can inhibit the success of a PDR ...
As part of the automotive restoration process, repair of the car's frame is important since it serves as the foundation for the entire car. The frame should be inspected for straightness, twisting, alignment, rust damage, stress fractures, collision damage and condition of the mounting points for the body, suspension, and other components.
Right to repair is a legal right for owners of devices and equipment to freely modify and repair products such as automobiles, electronics, and farm equipment. Right to repair may also refer to the social movement of citizens putting pressure on their governments to enact laws protecting a right to repair.
Repairable products are put in contrast to obsolescence or products designed with planned obsolescence. Some private organizations and companies, mostly affiliated with the right to repair movement , assign repairability scores to products as a way of communicating to consumers how easily repairable the product is.
An automobile repair shop (also known regionally as a garage or a workshop) is an establishment where automobiles are repaired by auto mechanics and technicians. The customer interface is typically a service advisor , traditionally called a service writer.
In production, a final product or finished product is a product that is ready for sale, [1] distinguishable from a business's work in progress, which is not yet complete or ready for sale. For example, oil is the final product of an oil company. The farmer sells his vegetables as his final product, after they have been through the whole process ...