DELPHI LOOKS AT HOW PASS-THRU DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS ALLOW INDEPENDENT GARAGES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EU REGULATION THAT PERMITS WIDER CAPABILITIES Unfortunately it is not always possible to act upon entitlement. This is the situation that many independent garages have found themselves in since 2009 when EU regulation stated that all service centres must be provided with access to vehicle manufacturer data that aids repair and maintenance of increasingly complex vehicles. This has been, in theory, a valuable opportunity for independent garages to claim ground on main dealer service facilities, but the diagnostic tools required to harness this information have proven to be cost prohibitive for many smaller garages.
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