T hawker Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Last week my friend in SC had an accident in his 2018 XT4. Right front impact taking out his bumper, headlight and fender. I looked up availability of replacement parts for him and found that the headlight has been discontinued without a replacement, his Cadillac dealership confirmed this, although they have a small inventory of them so his car will be repaired. I thought manufacturers had to provide parts for their vehicles for 10 years? Any thoughts or info on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Seems strange, especially with it only being 2 model years old. I didn't think they've changed anything on the XT4 since then, have they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT90SC Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 CAR-PART dot COM does not list an interchange year to year, and none any available which seems very odd. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T hawker Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 2 hours ago, rmc523 said: Seems strange, especially with it only being 2 model years old. I didn't think they've changed anything on the XT4 since then, have they? According to my friend the 2019 is the same. I will find out about the 2020, he purchased one yesterday to replace the damaged one. Once the repairs are done he will donate it to someone in need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKNSLS Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 (edited) On 11/28/2020 at 10:49 AM, T hawker said: Last week my friend in SC had an accident in his 2018 XT4. Right front impact taking out his bumper, headlight and fender. I looked up availability of replacement parts for him and found that the headlight has been discontinued without a replacement, his Cadillac dealership confirmed this, although they have a small inventory of them so his car will be repaired. I thought manufacturers had to provide parts for their vehicles for 10 years? Any thoughts or info on this? If no part was available-would the insurance company total a car over a headlight? After all-the car wouldn't be made "whole" and would be illegal to drive. Interesting thought................. Edited November 29, 2020 by CKNSLS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T hawker Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 1 hour ago, CKNSLS said: If no part was available-would the insurance company total a car over a headlight? After all-the car wouldn't be made "whole" and would be illegal to drive. Interesting thought................. Good question, but i thought there was a regulation requiring parts being available for 10 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coupe3w Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 I think the insurance would and can (at least here in communist Massachusetts) replace it with a used part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinaw Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 2 hours ago, T hawker said: Good question, but i thought there was a regulation requiring parts being available for 10 years. Actually, there aren't any rules saying this. See this article in Hemmings Auto News. https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2020/08/03/ask-a-hemmings-editor-how-long-do-carmakers-have-to-provide-replacement-parts-for-older-cars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T hawker Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 On 11/29/2020 at 6:35 PM, mackinaw said: Actually, there aren't any rules saying this. See this article in Hemmings Auto News. https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2020/08/03/ask-a-hemmings-editor-how-long-do-carmakers-have-to-provide-replacement-parts-for-older-cars Very interesting, thank you for the info. My friend believes the shape of the headlight on the 2020 is the same but all of the "guts" are different. I would think manufacturers would want to make "body" parts especially those parts at the front and rear of vehicles for years. Unfortunately we humans even on a good day make mistakes. As I've said in other posts I'm purchasing Cashmere interior parts for my BL Nautilus, now i need to consider exterior parts as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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