In 2015, CNN did a major report on Insurance Companies illegally steering their customers to "preferred" auto body shops working for them at a reduced rate in order to receive continuous referrals from Insurance companies. As a result, some body shops began to purchase part from local Junk Yards and cheaper after market parts.

CNN's report "Are cheap repairs part of an insurance scheme?" prompted US Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) to ask the US Department of Justice to "begin an investigation in auto repairs being done nationwide, because the repairs may often be done using recycled parts, remanufactured, re-used, or after market parts, which, he says, could lead to unsafe vehicles"