Service bulletin, not "safety recall".
In case anyone doesn't know, these are 2 different things.
A bulletin is basically just the mfgr acknowledging that an issue may or may not exist, which is probably not a major safety issue, but if you are experiencing the issue(s) outline in the bulletin, you should have it checked out by a dealership. This does
NOT mean that the mfgr will automatically agree to pay for the repairs/replacement parts, but could if certain conditions exist....
One big plus here is that it lets the dealership know that you know that there is an issue that the mfgr has acknowledged & which probably needs their attention. This could prevent or minimize the "well we can fix it, but it's gonna cost ya major $$$$$$$$" syndrome that is so common at dealerships nowadays...
Recalls are those issues which the mfgr has also acknowledged, and registered with the NHTSA, and have agreed to notify the impacted owners to take their vehicles into a dealership
AND to get it repaired
at the mfgr's expense....
I witnessed this recently with my son's Cherokee, where the repairs would have cost him over $800, but the recall saved him from having to pay to get fixed....
All this over a wiring harness that was routed incorrectly at the factory, resulting in it becoming worn & frayed over time, which could have caused a parasitic battery drain, or worse, a short in the starting circuit, which could have fried several relays on it's way to the main ECM...and a $3000 replacement/reprogramming thereof....I can only imagine what a yuk major friggin yuk that would have been
