Honda Australia has paid a penalty of more than $18,000 after Australia’s consumer watchdog alleged the carmaker wasn’t making information available to independent repairers at a fair price. The $18,780 penalty was for an alleged breach of the Motor Vehicle Service and Repair Information Sharing Scheme (MVIS), marking the first time the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued an infringement notice for a breach of the scheme. The MVIS, which came into effect on July 1, 2022, was introduced to give independent repairers access to the necessary diagnostic software and technical information to service and repair modern cars.
It requires this information to be made available for purchase by all Australian repairers “at a price not exceeding its fair market value”. 100s of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a great deal.
Browse now . The ACCC alleges that from July 1, 2022 to May 6, 2024, Honda Australia offered to supply its Honda Diagnostic System Software suite only via an annual subscription and didn’t give independent repairers the option of more affordable daily or monthly subscriptions. “We allege that Honda breached the requirements of the MVIS scheme, which is designed to make vehicle servicing and repair more competitive by giving independent repairers access to the same technical information, including software, that dealerships have,” said acting ACCC chair Catriona Lowe.