Tesla recalls 380k vehicles in US over power steering assist issue

Re:Tesla recalls 380k vehicles in US over power steering ass... by wwweston on Friday February 21, 2025 @11:13AM (#43129218)

I don't have expertise in why the language is used, but I'd imagine:

* this is the language traditionally used in automobiles

* the term probably has a specific meaning with regulatory and culturally established implications throughout organizations that touch maintenance and safety

* it may get more meaningful for whatever subset of autos that didn't/can't receive the OTA update

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Re:Tesla recalls 380k vehicles in US over power steering ass... by ChrisMarshallNY on Friday February 21, 2025 @11:19AM (#43129309)

> it may get more meaningful for whatever subset of autos that didn't/can't receive the OTA update

I know that for my old ICE car, they keep track of what recalls I apply. I'm usually notified multiple times, when there's recalls.

I suspect that lawyers are why they do it. If your brakes don't work, and you run over a kid, whether or not it was a known recall, and, whether or not you applied it, will likely have a lot to do with how the legal process works out.

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Re:Tesla recalls 380k vehicles in US over power steering ass... by curo on Friday February 21, 2025 @11:16AM (#43129264)

Or it's just a misleading headline

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Re:Tesla recalls 380k vehicles in US over power steering ass... by bumby on Friday February 21, 2025 @11:23AM (#43129370)

The headline is correctly using the term according to the NHTSA definition as a requirement for the manufacturer to fix an unreasonable safety issue. Whether it is OTA does not change the fact that it is a recall any more than if a manufacturer sent someone onsite to fix a mechanical issue instead of having the vehicle owner bring it in.

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Re:Tesla recalls 380k vehicles in US over power steering ass... by llamaimperative on Friday February 21, 2025 @11:19AM (#43129311)

If only a 5 second Google search could tell you: https://autocrypt.io/transformation-of-vehicle-recall/

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Re:Tesla recalls 380k vehicles in US over power steering ass... by curo on Friday February 21, 2025 @12:17PM (#43130171)

The fact that this thread is full of people who envisioned a physical recall is evidence enough the word is misleading. If reuters was an industry journal, sure.

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Re:Tesla recalls 380k vehicles in US over power steering ass... by llamaimperative on Friday February 21, 2025 @08:07PM (#43135037)

Uhh the point is for people to take it seriously, which is why people clicked on this article in the first place. Sounds effective to me.

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