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For a generation or two “recall” meant “take it in for an important fix”. If I have to take it in and be without my vehicle for x hours or days that is much mo
by grecy 2y ago
For a generation or two “recall” meant “take it in for an important fix”.
If I have to take it in and be without my vehicle for x hours or days that is much more disruptive to my life and makes the vehicle less useful.
When it updates overnight and the first I know about it is a letter in the mail weeks later that is much less impact.
“Recall” should be reserved for “take it in” and we need a new word for “something important needs to get fixed and it’s already been done”.
- eurleif 2y agoYes, and software issues also tend to be less safety critical than hardware issues, though of course that isn't a hard and fast rule. The prime example of that was the Tesla "recall" because some text was in the wrong font size. The issue this post is about is a bit more serious than that, but it's not nearly as serious as e.g. the Cybertruck accelerator pedal issue.