Right to Repair - manufacturers obligation

[ospina]

What are the obligations for tractors manufacturers in terms of time for supplying spare parts for the tractor and equipment they produce and sell in the market.
In Europe, manufacturers are legally required to supply spare parts for up to 10 years.
In the U.S., President Biden signed a sweeping executive order in July 2021 directing the FTC to draft new right-to-repair regulations, and various U.S. states have passed some version of right-to-repair legislation.
What is the policy in the US, which manufacturers comply with this obligation, which does not.
very interesting subject with high relevance. How many agricultural, industrial, construction and material handling machines are down for lack of spare parts supply from manufacturers?

 

[Oaktree]

I'm less concerned with the availability of parts as I am with diagnostic information and/or documentation. Pretty tough to troubleshoot modern equipment without some way of reading and interpreting fault codes.
Or they could make this equipment so expensive as to discourage all but the most deep-pocketed.

 

[Cougsfan]

The "right to repair" argument is much more about manufacturers trying to make their equipment in a manner that leaves you no choice but to come back to them for maintenance and service. Sort of like being forced into a shotgun wedding with a greedy SOB. If a company that hasn't gone out of business fails to make repair parts available for a reasonable amount of time, it would stand a good chance of going out of business soon.

 

[ospina]

I'm less concerned with the availability of parts as I am with diagnostic information and/or documentation. Pretty tough to troubleshoot modern equipment without some way of reading and interpreting fault codes.
Or they could make this equipment so expensive as to discourage all but the most deep-pocketed.

what is the second rule?
I agree with your point, but to have the possibility to find the right component in the market is better that to have to discharge the machine and sell it as iron scrap

 

[ospina]

The "right to repair" argument is much more about manufacturers trying to make their equipment in a manner that leaves you no choice but to come back to them for maintenance and service. Sort of like being forced into a shotgun wedding with a greedy SOB. If a company that hasn't gone out of business fails to make repair parts available for a reasonable amount of time, it would stand a good chance of going out of business soon.

agree, at least with some support you could sell the machine for the residual value, if not parts supply it only have the chance to be sold as as iron scrap.