Comply
MVIS — manufacturer information for independents
MVIS requires manufacturers to offer Australian independent repairers the same service and repair information they give affiliates. It is why “you have to go to the dealer for the procedure” is often wrong. It is not a licence to scrape an OEM parts catalogue.
1. You are probably a “repairer” under the scheme
Anyone in Australia whose business diagnoses, services, repairs, modifies or dismantles scheme vehicles. RTOs are in too.
2. Affiliates’ information must be offered to you
Procedures, software updates and service information the manufacturer already gives its dealer network. Usually through the OEM portal, at a fair price — not pasted into a SaaS marketing page.
3. It does not replace AllData on Tuesday
Speed still lives in Identifix / ProDemand / AllData. MVIS is the legal floor when a manufacturer tries to steer the job back to a dealer screen.
Theory
Same information, not a free database
The ACCC scheme exists because manufacturers could steer work to dealer networks by withholding procedures and software. Repairers who diagnose, service, repair, modify or dismantle scheme vehicles can access the information offered to affiliates, usually through the OEM portal, at a fair price. Honda has already been fined for falling short. The scheme does not make Identifix free, and it does not let a SaaS vendor host stolen wiring diagrams.
How to use it
- Role
- Owner / controller (P01 / P04) deciding which paid info product to keep
- Shop-day step
- REPAIR — when the independent shop is stuck behind a dealer-only screen
- Do
- Register with the OEM / scheme portal. Keep AllData or ProDemand for speed. Tell customers they may choose an independent.
- Do not
- Do not paste OEM content into a public tool. Do not promise “we have factory data built in.”
Official sources
Related tools
Explainer. We do not broker OEM logins and we do not scrape EPC / Evox.