Access Denied: NHTSA Instructs Automakers to Ignore Massachusetts Data Access Law

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Access Denied: NHTSA Instructs Automakers to Ignore Massachusetts Data Access Law
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NHTSA says that direct access to telematics that OEMs have opens vehicles to security risks, but Massachusetts wants independent shops to have that access.

Ford Integrated Diagnostic System and its Rotunda branded Vehicle Communication Module interface along with other OEM specialized tools that your local dealer has access to and allows that independent shop to make the same diagnostics, repairs, and even coding your PCM if you need a new one. They don't have to make it cheap or timely , but at least that shop can get those tools., automakers don't have to supply these tools and can revoke that access at any time.

would start enforcing the law after a Temporary Restraining Order by the AAI was denied. In their suit, the AAI warned that the Data Access Law would require automakers"to remove essential cybersecurity protections from their vehicles." However, that TRO denial came on the condition that the Attorney General would not retroactively impose the penalty provisions of the Data Access Law and that the parties"agree to advise the Court of any litigation commenced after June 1st.".

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