One of the rarest motorcycles on the streets today is a Harley-Davidson… that’s bone stock. And while many H-D riders get an aftermarket exhaust system, different seat and armpit-drying ape hangers installed by the dealership, many others turn to independent bike shops or modify their bikes at home. Until now, some modifications performed by non-Harley affiliated shops or by owners themselves could have put the warranty of a new bike at risk. It’s all there in the warranty fine print, which everyone reads, right? But that all just changed in a big way.

根据美国联邦贸易委员会的决定和行动(aka the FTC) following alengthy report in May如果消费者篡改了从摩托车到智能手机的产品，则在保修期内使用保修的OEM建筑，公司现在必须重新启动其保修语言，以允许消费者在很大程度上进行处理并在很大程度上维修。必须向消费者介绍保修措辞中的这些变化，而不仅仅是改变狡猾的语言。简而言之，FTC基本上是在长期运行的“购买者和产​​品的使用者”中站在的。正确维修战斗，主要由计算机和智能手机维修业务领导我修复它， 哪个一直在跟踪发展在维修战斗的右边。

FTC还说一些公司 - 包括Harley-Davidson- 具有不合法的保修措辞，他们必须与客户保持良好状态。FTC消费者保护局局长塞缪尔·莱文（Samuel Levine）在一份声明中说：“消费者在维修产品方面应该做出选择，而独立经销商应该有机会参加比赛。”“这些命令要求Harley和Westinghouse确定其保修，与消费者进行清洁，并确保与独立提供者的公平竞争。其他挤和消费者维修权的公司应注意。”是的，可能涉及赔偿。

虽然似乎我们正在选择哈雷·戴维森（Harley-Davidson），但事实是，多年来，许多制造广泛产品的公司一直在削减Mod和修理，如此之多，以至于“修复权”运动在苹果，微软等公司施加了一些严厉的保修限制之后，起泡了。

The rationale put forward by the companies to try and keep prying fingers out of their machines and devices was that consumers weren’t tech or mech savvy enough to safely fix or modify modern high-tech devices, especially when it came to things with batteries that might catch fire. But the FTC said that fear was overblown and consumers should have the right to fix or mod their gear within reason as it would often extend the life of a product, cutting down on waste and so on.

当然，这也减少了消费者购买新东西来代替可固定的旧事物，有些人称之为“计划过时。”从一个在五年内将两个非苹果替换电池放在他梦coppe乱的iPhone SE中的家伙，因为苹果不再制作一点手机了：这不是脑部手术。许多在任何品牌的自行车，汽车，设备或任何数量的消费品上工作的摩托车机制也是如此。并不是说解决问题是一些新趋势。

联邦贸易委员会的决定的一个关键遗嘱的附录包括maintaining warranty coverage when third-party parts are used in a repair, such as my cheap iPhone replacement batteries. “Illegal repair restrictions can significantly raise costs for consumers, stifle innovation, close off business opportunity for independent repair shops, create unnecessary electronic waste, delay timely repairs, and undermine resiliency—harms that can have an outsized impact on low-income communities in particular,” the FTC said in its press release专注于Harley-Davidson问题。

我们了解为什么公司要阻止其产品的维修和修改；总会有商店和人们努力工作并转向保修范围。但是总而言之，一旦他们为此付出了很多钱，允许人们在理性的原因内对摩托车，汽车，计算机或其他机器进行更改似乎常识。这次消费者可以肯定的是，但是在您撕毁那笔闪亮的新购买之前，请务必阅读保修中的精美印刷品。

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