[jeffbee]

I think you are giving them too generous of a reading. The notice was that a subset of vehicles had loose bolts in the front end. They did not know how many, and there was no way to identify the subset. If you could be in this subset, stop driving the vehicle. This applies to everyone, on a rational reading.

It was weeks before the guy drove out and checked mine.

[edaemon]

Where did they say "stop driving the vehicle"? I don't think that happened. The instructions were to drive the vehicle to a service center for a drop-in check (or wait for mobile service) which obviously wouldn't be possible if you couldn't drive it.