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No we don’t. The focus is the problem bad enough to issue a mandatory fix. the solution doesn’t really matter, if it’s software, change a bolt or half the car in this context.

Other cars also had problems fixed with software updates, the only I can see that’s heavily used but Tesla and not the other companies ( in the past ) it’s OTA updates.

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For a generation or two “recall” meant “take it in for an important fix”.

If I have to take it in and be without my vehicle for x hours or days that is much more disruptive to my life and makes the vehicle less useful.

When it updates overnight and the first I know about it is a letter in the mail weeks later that is much less impact.

“Recall” should be reserved for “take it in” and we need a new word for “something important needs to get fixed and it’s already been done”.

Yes, and software issues also tend to be less safety critical than hardware issues, though of course that isn't a hard and fast rule. The prime example of that was the Tesla "recall" because some text was in the wrong font size. The issue this post is about is a bit more serious than that, but it's not nearly as serious as e.g. the Cybertruck accelerator pedal issue.

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