If I got an email like this, it would provoke murderous rage in me:
“Due to the salvage status of your Model S , I have been instructed to cease providing you with parts. Tesla is very concerned about vehicles with salvaged titles being improperly repaired. Going forward, all salvaged vehicles must be inspected by us or our approved body shop, Precision Auto Body. If declared a candidate for proper repair, reconstruction must be completed by a Tesla-Certified Body Shop.”[/quote]This is absolutely ridiculous. In my mind, a vehicle is not worth owning if the owner is limited as to where they can have it repaired or even buy parts for it.
I have never had any vehicle I own repaired at a “dealership.” And I’ve bought “aftermarket” parts and even shopped at or ordered parts from wrecking yards all my life. And I’ve owned two vehicles which had “salvaged titles” (which I bought for a song), both of which I fixed up slightly and drove for several years. They were perfectly decent vehicles. It doesn’t take much damage for an insurance company to “salvage” a vehicle :=0
