[buffington]

The use of the word "recall" isn't because someone just felt like using it. It's an official legal process, followed to limit the manufacturer's liability.

Whether it's a "good" word or "bad" word is irrelevant. It describes a very rigid and official legal process.

[brewdad]

Exactly. I had a "recall" at one point where the manufacturer had a typo on a label in the engine compartment. The fix entailed receiving a new sticker in the mail and applying it over the old one. To this day, I can look up my vehicle on the NTSB site and see that that sticker was delivered to me.

If I had chosen not to actually apply it, the dealer would have been expected to do so the next time my car was in for service.