[jjav]

> Because nothing is being "recalled".

"Recall" with cars is a legal term that means something specific.

> But it's fundamentally different than "this car is fundamentally broken and you have to take it back to the manufacturer"

That's not a criteria for a recall. A recall can be for a small thing completely unrelated to driving safety. Someone else mentioned having a recall to replace a sticker. My most recent recall was to replace the trunk lifts.

"Recall" for a car just means a specific procedure now has to be followed, tracked and reported. It says nothing about the safety criticality of the fix.