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I'm not referring to this specific recall here, but, it does get weird in Tesla's case. Years ago, Tesla issued an update that added some features to show warn
by _ea1k 3y ago
I'm not referring to this specific recall here, but, it does get weird in Tesla's case.
Years ago, Tesla issued an update that added some features to show warnings in certain cases. It previously showed no warnings because the feature didn't exist. It was net new.
NHTSA warned them that this net new feature improved safety and was therefore a recall by definition. Ever since then, "recall" has been heavily overused, IMO. Virtually every update is a "recall" by the technical definition. :facepalm
Using "recall" for what they are defining as a safety defect is, of course, reasonable, even if it is just a software update.