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ukezi t1_ivoat61 wrote

Reply to comment by Cyathem in Tesla Recalls 40,000 Vehicles Over Potential Power Steering Failure by Additional-Two-7312

Ok. Scenario: you sell lots of cars. From say 2000 to 2010 you have an airbag in the cars that in 2012 is shown to have a problem. So you do a recall in 2012. As you just recalled 10 years of production you obviously recalled more cars then you sold in 2012.

That is a problem that a company that basically didn't sell cars before the reference time frame can't have.

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Cyathem t1_ivp60h0 wrote

We'd have to see the average age of the products that were recalled. In my mind, recalls usually happen pretty soon after a model is released. It doesn't take 10 years for something to need to be recalled. I think it usually shows up in the first two years. I'd have to check though.

The average time between release and recall should decrease, if over-the-air software updates are being considered recalls. Those will only get more common.

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