towerful, 6 months ago

I understand that, but the misuse of the word “recall” is archaic and I’m pretty sure specific to only the auto industry.
Phones don’t get recalled for software updates.
I think it is to mean a mandatory update that fixes a core/safety system, and the wording is some legal thing relating to when such an issue would have to be fixed by a mechanic in a garage. Likely to fit around existing insurance documents and laws, without having to get those reworded.

But “recall” means

to order the return of a person who belongs to an organization or of products made by a company

dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/…/recall

I just want to clarify that this update isn’t actually a recall. It a “car recall”, which in this case is just a software update.