According to CAPA, the way the Diamond Standard press release received by BodyShop Business was worded may give some people the impression that A) the company's bumper recently passed CAPA's new 501 bumper standard, or that B) the company has CAPA-certified parts. 

According to CAPA, neither of these two things is true. 

"Currently, neither Diamond Standard or any manufacturer has bumper parts that are CAPA-certified," said Jack Gillis, executive director of CAPA. 

The headline on the original Diamond Standard press release read, "Diamond Standard Bumpers Pass CAPA/IIHS High/Low-Speed Full Scale Testing." Based on information in the press release, and also for the sake of simplicity and better reader identification, BodyShop Business changed it to, "Diamond Standard Bumper Passes CAPA's New Bumper Standard". However, the company's bumper did not pass CAPA's new bumper standard. There was other misleading information in the press release that CAPA was able to clarify as well. 

"The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has not established a standard or certified such parts," said Debbie Klouser, director of operations for CAPA. "Rather, the IIHS demonstration testing, performed at CAPA's request, was designed to prove that parts meeting CAPA's comprehensive requirements will perform the same as car company brand parts. 

"Additionally, it was CAPA, not IIHS as the release may imply, that selected parts for testing. Unfortunately, by stating that [Diamond Standard] has received certification in the same paragraph that mentions CAPA, it inaccurately infers that the [Diamond Standard] bumper has been certified by CAPA. 

"We appreciate the opportunity to set the record straight and have no doubt that Diamond Standard will be submitting parts for CAPA certification. We look forward to receiving those parts and listing them as 'CAPA Certified' as soon as we complete our testing."