MISSION AND GOALS

 

Establishing procedures and standards to assess vehicle design and its influence on subsequent repairability in the event of a collision. Providing solutions that can help to improve the repair of vehicles without affecting their design, aesthetics, structural and dynamic behaviour.

 

Currently 15 members of the RCAR are involved in the Repairability Working Group analysing and reviewing vehicle performance and generating know-how based on their experience on car crash-test behaviour, repair possibilities, work procedures, tools, and pieces of equipment. The aim is to stablish a collaboration way and share all this knowledge, especially with car manufacturers, helping in such a way that:

 

Vehicle manufacturers need to understand the need for a consistent approach to ensure that repairability is considered during vehicle design.

 

Based on global vehicle designs, reparability considerations should be based on the same premise.

 

Repair options and possibilities should incorporate a common-sense approach that provide repairers worldwide the possibility to return a vehicle to its pre-incident or pre-collision condition in a safe manner.

 

Repairability options should be based on prescribed training, tools and know-how that can be applied globally in automotive repair workshops.

 

Engage vehicle manufacturers to proactively share knowledge and ideas to collectively develop repair options and alternatives.