https://peertube.tv/videos/watch/51f559fd-c65b-4342-97fd-ce12e1c490fc Lawmakers introduced a bipartisan right-to-repair bill to make it easier to fix your own car. By the time it passed committee, the automakers had rewritten it. After years of attempts by right-to-repair advocates — and as the efficacy of the 1975 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act faded in the world of connected cars — that bill set out to make it easier for independent garages and owners to work on vehicles, and harder for automakers to mandate franchised-dealer repairs. But between being introduced with bipartisan support in both chambers and passing committee, it was irrevocably changed into something with less clout, fewer rights, and more protection for the very industry consumers needed protecting from. Today, we delve into those pieces of legislation, ask what changed — and who's ultimately to blame. ✍️ Editorial note — on "the Kia Boys" and the @MarkRober video: In the security section I reference "the Kia Boys" and link Mark Rober's "I Outsmarted Pro Car Thieves." To be precise, these are two separate vulnerabilities. The Kia Boys phenomenon exploited a hardware gap: Kia and Hyundai vehicles built for the US market between roughly 2011 and 2021 that lacked an engine immobilizer, making them startable with a stripped USB connector — a flaw so widespread it drove a measurable spike in thefts and a wave of insurance refusals. Rober's video demonstrates a more sophisticated attack: a relay/amplification exploit against keyless entry and push-button start, which affects a far broader range of modern vehicles. I've grouped them because they illustrate the same throughline: automakers have repeatedly shipped vehicles with avoidable security weaknesses, then leaned on "for your safety, we can't open this up" as an argument against right to repair. The history doesn't support that framing — and open scrutiny tends to find these flaws faster than locked-down secrecy does. ⏱️ Chapter Breakdown: 00:00 - Introduction 05:17 - Another video that touches on politics! Yay! 06:30 - A quick reminder of where we are 07:38 - The Magnuson-Moss Act is showing its age 10:19 - What was in the original bill, HR 1566 12:56 - Help us remain independent! 14:11 - An end to the closed walled garden 15:07 - This didn't work out the way folks wanted 16:58 - The massive gaps in the rewritten bill 18:20 - To be fair: the bill does some good things 19:39 - A tasty sandwich hiding a poison pill 22:03 - It's all about "cybersecurity" 23:25 - The insurance argument 24:58 - So it's all off the table? 25:21 - Donald Trump makes some wild claims 27:04 - Does Jim Farley make it worse? 30:26 - The engineers are on our side 31:51 - Security through obscurity 33:22 - The risks aren't new — this is a smokescreen 35:52 - Thanks, and goodbye! 📚 Sources & Further Reading Please find the full show notes - including links to cited information - at https://www.transportevolved.com/2026/06/25/congress-tried-to-pass-right-to-repair-automakers-got-it-rewritten/ 👥 Today’s Sponsors 🌱 Electric Vehicle Association - https://www.myeva.org ⚡ EnergySage - https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-101290941-16952262 — ✊ Get Involved 🗳️ https://indivisible.org/town-hall-resources ❤️ Support the Show 📰 https://www.transportevolved.com 🔥 https://www.patreon.com/transportevolved ☕ https://ko-fi.com/transportevolved 📺 https://www.youtube.com/transportevolved 👕 https://www.redbubble.com/people/TransportEVd/ 🛍️ https://amzn.to/40xOyjm ₿ 1QRZRGCCXUKPDZ2DZ9KX9JYJXMZDYHYGFZ0MN4WH 💬 Join the Conversation 🐘 https://mastodon.transportevolved.com/@show 💬 https://discord.gg/9WAjfQn 💬 https://fluxer.gg/mcj8aehg 🌀 https://bsky.app/profile/transportevolved.bsky.social 🔁 Subscribe to our 2nd channel - https://www.youtube.com/transportevolvedtake2 🎙️ Credits: Host, Script, Editor: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Color: Vi Horton Art & Animation : Erin Carlie Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Music: via Artlist.io Fri, 26 Jun 2026 02:52:51 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.tv https://peertube.tv/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://peertube.tv/videos/watch/51f559fd-c65b-4342-97fd-ce12e1c490fc All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.tv/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.