A $4 million fine? That's so much cheaper than the cost of archiving!
> Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
If you want to know why so much shady crap happens, part and parcel of that is when we fo catch malicious behavior, the fines are so small as to be cost of doing business.