John Deere

John Deere agrees to a $99 million settlement to resolve a right-to-repair class action, providing 10 years of repair resources on a license/subscription basis and enabling offline reprogramming/diagnostics by end-2026.

John Deere to pay $99 million to settle right-to-repair investigations.

NDAA right-to-repair provisions were dropped, but Deere, Garmin, and Philips spent millions lobbying on repair issues, while Pentagon and service leaders signal support for military right-to-repair, creating regulatory risk for OEMs and aftermarket services.