I contacted a number in the manual, which was no help…just a lot of recordings sending me everywhere else if it wasn’t putting me on hold. I was finally redirected to a John Deere repair ...

Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission is investigating tractor manufacturer John Deere over long standing allegations that Deere makes its farm equipment hard to repair.

Long time readers will have followed the twists and turns of the John Deere repair saga, in which the agricultural machinery manufacturer has used DRM to restrict the repair of its tractors.

According to Warren, John Deere is failing to provide farmers with the necessary tools to properly repair their agricultural equipment and is allegedly violating the Clean Air Act in the process.

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating farm equipment giant John Deere over its repair practices, according to a civil investigative demand (CID) newly made public. The agency is looking ...

John Deere reported ... the inner workings at Deere have shared the belief that the equipment giant may have over projected recurring revenues from software as a service (SAAS) offerings ...

Farm Journal reached out to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), as well as John Deere, regarding the ... provides diagnostic guides, service manuals and other tools and information ...

Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) warned John Deere that it could be violating the Clean Air Act by excluding information in their manuals about farmers’ right to choose a repair shop from which to seek ...

NEW YORK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is probing farm equipment maker Deere DE.N over the company's repair policies ... to state in user manuals that equipment ...

We’re thus pleased to see a couple of moments when the story has broken out of the field of a few farmers and right-to-repair geeks ... $5k fuel sensor on his John Deere as a hook form which ...

But according to Senator Warren's missive [PDF], dated Wednesday, John Deere has not lived up to those commitments, and the ...

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