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NY A08773
Bill
Status
6/2/2025
Primary Sponsor
William Magnarelli
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AI Summary
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Expands warranty compensation requirements to include franchisors' affiliates and subsidiaries, covering extended service contracts, campaigns, service bulletins, policy repairs, and component part warranties
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Establishes fallback compensation methods when third-party labor time guides are unavailable: franchisor's time allowance multiplied by 1.5, or actual documented repair time if no guidance exists
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Requires compensation for additional repair-related activities including post-diagnosis work, franchisor-mandated documentation, road testing, fleet vehicle equipment removal/reinstallation, and technical assistance diagnostic procedures
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Mandates that when franchisors supply parts at no cost or reduced cost for warranty repairs, recalls, or other factory-compensated repairs, dealers must receive their parts markup multiplied by the wholesale value of the part
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Defines wholesale part value as the greater of: the dealer's purchase price, current or prior franchisor/third-party price schedules, substantially identical part prices, or the reasonable wholesale price
Legislative Description
Requires every franchisor, including its affiliates and subsidiaries to properly fulfill any warranty agreement and/or franchisor's service contract and to compensate each of its franchised motor vehicle dealers for warranty parts and labor, including but not limited to all warranty repairs, extended service contract repairs, extended warranty repairs, campaigns, service bulletins, policy repairs, component part warranties, factory compensated repairs, recalls, diagnostics, parts and other voluntary stop-sell repairs, and any other franchisor compensated repairs; relates to reimbursement to a motor vehicle dealer from a motor vehicle franchisor.
Last Action
referred to transportation
1/7/2026