They really should disaggregate recalls fixed with OTA from recalls that need a physical intervention. Obviously Teslas almost always need an OTA

Doesn’t OTA fixes by definition mean no recall?

No, they are for some reasons called recalls. Didn’t Tesla recall their entire fleet this spring? It was solved by OTA updates.

Why recall them if the issue can be taken care of over the air? That IS what OTA stands for, right?

Legally they have to “declare” a recall, even when they can fix it with a couple of lines of code and an OTA. Recall doesn’t mean what you would expect it to me, it means “something the manufacturer needs to fix for safety reasons”.

Hence why 98% of Tesla recalls are OTA (not actual stat, I’d have to look it up but it’s definitely in the 90s)