To repair or replace, that is the question

[PhilT]

A database for product reliability

I think any question posed under “warranty” as compared to “failure” misses the mark. All failures are not warranty issues but most warranty issues are failures, time dependent and subject to the ACL. Another aspect, but how can it be quantified? An increasing number of manufacturers only stock spares for the warranty period at product end-of-life. Since there are still some sales for a time after that, if a failure cannot be fixed because of insufficient spares they have the option of repla…