Protect Competition and Keep Auto Parts Affordable

Competition in the automotive replacement collision parts market saves American consumers more than $1.5 billion per year.

Over the past several years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of design patents on collision repair parts obtained by the major car companies. Consumers, the alternative collision parts industry, the automotive repair industry and insurers are concerned that car companies are now using design patents, not for the important and legitimate protection of the overall design of their vehicles, but to prevent competition when it comes to getting the parts consumers need to repair our vehicles.

Please join the Quality Parts Coalition, consumers, seniors and others in encouraging our members of Congress to protect competition in the automotive collision parts industry and keep auto parts affordable.

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I support competition in the automotive parts industry because it is good for everyone. It is good for consumers because it keeps the cost of collision repair parts down. It is good for businesses because it ensures availability of collision repair parts, which means more cars can be repaired more quickly and that helps repair shops stay in business.

And it is good for the U.S. economy because the alternative collision parts industry employs tens of thousands of American workers in cities and small towns across the country in all 50 states.

The interests of consumers, businesses and the economy are best served by protecting competition in the automotive parts industry.

The Protect Competition and Keep Auto Parts Affordable petition to United States Congress was written by QualityPartsCoalition and is in the category Cars at GoPetition. Contact author here. Petition tags: auto, right to repair, aftermarket parts, collision, quality parts coalitions, qpc, keystone automotive, hr 3059, s 1368