We need legislative reform that requires any companies selling products in US jurisdiction put enough parts and cash in escrow to guarantee for a reasonable time period the ability to service anything that costs more than $500.
What is know is that distributing parts for warranty repairs is a cost to the company.
It seems their plan is to let warranty claims languish until at least the next financial period.
Are parts buyers struggling for some parts, or all parts equally? If it's the latter, Tesla is either really good, or really nasty.
If you're getting stamped steel body panels from a manufacturer that can't ramp up its supply, you're with the wrong manufacturer.
How about just putting the CAD data into escrow, and it all becomes public domain whenever (1) the manufacturer no longer makes replacement parts available, or (2) the price to replace all the parts of a vehicle exceeds three times the original purchase price.
The high price of car parts is the reason why we have so much car theft. Promoting the availability of car parts will save costs for car insurance, law enforcement, the prosecutors, judges, juries, and jails.
The situation is outrageous. There are parts for which a dealer pays around $10.00 that retail over $500.00.