It seems clear the original engineering was also an _unknown_. Planning for failure cases is part of engineering: making a $16k part that is easily damaged and non-repairable is simply shoddy engineering.
The project management triad is a relationship between Cost, Quality, and Timeline. Elon wanted to be the first-to-market with an affordable modern electric car. And he accomplished exactly that.
Tesla doesn't have a choice as the precident is already set in law
It’s 100% legal to make it a complete PITA to repair a car both in the cost of labor and parts. Italian exotics have been doing it for decades.
I drive a Toyota, but I know why people drive Teslas. I’m not them. They’re not me.
Regulation or third-party analysis is the only real way to solve that problem.