Post the language from the warranty that you are concerned about.
I couldn't sort all the quotes, but as per WK below, the 30% limit doesn't apply to the cars we are talking about. Even though WK points out examples that suggest no car will reach 30% range reduction, that doesn't clarify what Tesla's obligation is to owners effected by caps.
Some unspecified amount of time later,
If you mean "give the software fix long enough, and it will be able to work out how to get around the failed sensor / board data", then I get your point, except that when talking warranties, time is of the essence. 'just give us a bit more time.... and drive your car several thousand miles, and we should have a fix for you' isn't a timely warranty repair.
knew that the warranty did not cover any specified level of guaranteed range.
Good for those people. How did they know? Warranty wording? Reasonable assumption? Elon's claims at the time? The warranty language is better now.
What language would you point to to seek warranty coverage?
I'm happy to cite WK's statement that the cars being discussed here don't have a specified lower capacity limit to determine what would automatically trigger a warranty claim.
It'd be different if the car were sold with a line item something like "Redundant BMS software"...
Yes, agreed. You see my thought process.
will automatically be fixed. I don't feel like those people will be wronged in any way
Will automatically be fixed? When? And only if I wait a year and drive to the moon and back. Where is my fix if I don't drive the car very much or need to sell it next week?
this person that reports being capped recently... Why wouldn't it have just been fixed?
Yes, good point. And others too.....
Tesla seems pretty clear that the 30% degradation warranty thing doesn't apply to vehicles from before it was implemented (ie: every car affected by issues in this thread).
Tesla fixed the warranty wording because the warranty was very ambiguous. 'we warrant your battery will meet an unspecified level of performance for an unlimited number of miles'.
added redundancy the rest of the vehicles
Seriously, for an owner of a car with no problem, no change in performance, no issues, that is a great bit of added benefit. Helping owners who get the fault out side of warranty period to avoid buying a new battery is a big deal.
While under warranty it is a different story.
unless something changed.
That's always possible. Would cars that are relying on the software fix respond to future different fault / failure scenarios just the same way as cars with no hardware failure?
Under warranty: replace failed part with working part. Tesla's responsibly. Make car whole, identical to prior to the failure.
Outside warranty : Not Tesla's responsibility except in a moral sense. Helping owners not have to buy a new battery or pay to have board swap is a magnanimous gesture.