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Recommended Practice for Optimizing Automobile Damageability and Repairability
- Ground Vehicle Standard
- J1555_200810
- Revised
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Scope
This SAE Recommended Practice applies to all portions of the vehicle, but design efforts should focus on components and systems with the highest contribution to the overall average repair cost. (See 3.7.) The costs to be minimized include not only insurance premiums, but also out-of-pocket costs incurred by the owner.
Damageability, repairability, serviceability and diagnostics are inter-related. Some repairability, serviceability and diagnostics operations may be required for collision or comprehensive loss-related causes only, some operations for non-collision-related causes only (warranty, scheduled maintenance, non-scheduled maintenance, etc.), and some for both causes. The scope of this document deals with only those operations that involve collision and comprehensive insurance loss repairs.
Rationale
The purpose of this revision is to incorporate the latest global practices for designing for damageability, taking into consideration new vehicle designs, materials, manufacturing practices and collision-repair procedures, materials, tools and equipment that have been introduced since the last update.
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Issuing Committee
The Collision Repair Committee is part of the Service Development Technical Steering Committee that reports to the Motor Vehicle Council (MVC). The Committee is responsible for developing and maintaining SAE Standards, Recommended Practices, and Information Reports related to vehicle collision repair.
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