Auto Care Association Shares Right to Repair Awareness Tips

July is Right to Repair Awareness month and the Auto Care Association said its marketing and communications committee is calling on the auto care industry to take action this summer by making their voices heard in Washington.

The association said it is urging industry-wide participation in spreading awareness about the importance of preserving Americans’ right to repair their vehicles and passing the Repair Act at the federal level. The Auto Care Association offered six ways to take action this month.

“There are more than four million individuals that make up the American auto care industry and its time we start putting that number to work,” Bill Hanvey, Auto Care Association president and CEO said. “Rights, oftentimes, need to be fought for—which is why it is imperative that the latest actions taken to thwart the will of the people in Massachusetts be a wake-up call to our industry that we are going to have to bring everything we’ve got into this fight for the future of our industry.”

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has named Ryan Waldron as president of the company's Americas business unit, reporting to Chief Executive Officer and President Mark Stewart. He succeeds Steven R. McClellan, who retired on April 1.

"At Goodyear, our customers are at the center of everything we do, and in Ryan Waldron, we have a customer-centric, execution-focused business leader with a deep understanding of both the marketplace and all aspects of our business, as well as a proven track record of delivering results," Stewart said. "I am thrilled to announce him as president of Goodyear's Americas business and have enormous confidence that under his leadership, both the company and our customers will reach even greater levels of success."