Originally Posted by martinjlm

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Two misleading issues built into NHTSA requirements on recall of automobiles.....

1. Most recalls are for issues that suppliers to auto companies discover after they've shipped parts to automakers and automakers have installed them in vehicles. . . .
2. Could be that the affected population is a two or three day period in the supplier's production. But that two or three day supply could have been depleted over usage in eight vehicle product lines over a seven month period. . . .

Most of the time the dealer is focused on confirming that vehicles brought in for the recall do not exhibit the condition of concern. This could be as simple as confirming that the date code for the part falls outside of the candidate window or it could be that the company has simply decided to replace them all, regardless of build date.
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