Hey Michelle, have you received any kind of a reply to this yet? I wouldn't swear that this is true, but I thought I heard somewhere that auto mfg's, by law, had to make sure repair parts where available for their vehicles for a certain number of years after that vehicle model year (7 years is sticking in my mind) was produced. Like I said I don't know this to be true, just something I heard. Does anyone have any insight on this? Michelle please keep this updated, I'm curious.