No, really, this is true. It has nothing to do with how the defect is fixed.
https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/documents/14218-...
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/573.6
(Except for tires.)
https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/documents/14218-...
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/573.6
(Except for tires.)
You (and the parent comment) are correct.
My comment was not intended to argue that a recall prescribed a particular corrective action.