Right-to-repair bills make a comeback in 2026

Right to repair is quietly rewriting the math on a broken appliance. When manufacturers must hand over parts, manuals, and diagnostic tools, a $400 service call or a full replacement often becomes a $30 part and twenty minutes of your time.

But the hard part for most people isn’t access — it’s knowing what actually failed, whether it’s safe to fix yourself, and whether repairing still beats replacing. That’s where OwnWise comes in: describe the symptom and your model number, and OwnWise pinpoints the likely fault, tells you whether it’s a DIY fix or a pro job, and estimates the cost so you can decide with real numbers. When a repair should be covered, OwnWise also helps you assemble the warranty or right-to-repair claim that gets it paid for.

As these laws expand to more states and product categories in 2026, the people who save the most will be the ones who know how to use them — and OwnWise makes that knowledge automatic.