I thought federal law required mass market vehicle manufacturers to make parts available for 10 years?
Am I mistaken or did Tesla manufacture these under some low-volume exception?
Am I mistaken or did Tesla manufacture these under some low-volume exception?
CIVIL CODE SECTION 1792-1795.8
(b) Every manufacturer making an express warranty with respect to an electronic or appliance product described in subdivision (h), (i), (j), or (k) of Section 9801 of the Business and Professions Code, with a wholesale price to the retailer of one hundred dollars ($100) or more, shall make available to service and repair facilities sufficient service literature and functional parts to effect the repair of a product for at least seven years after the date a product model or type was manufactured, regardless of whether the seven-year period exceeds the warranty period for the product
Someone elsewhere suggested only 2500 of them were made.
That's what I always heard as well, but it doesn't apply to Tesla for some reason, which is not being discussed even though it should be.
https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/14049/are-auto-...
According to the above link, parts for cars and other consumer products only need to be available in some form (and not from the manufacturer) for the stated warranty period, whatever it is. After that you have no protection. Seems the 10 yr thing is an urban legend widely promulgated to rubes like us.
The thread has evidence that laws are different overseas. In Israel it is claimed parts must be available for 7 years, as an example.