Chery's Omoda 5 axle recall hinges on a part Europe's cars lack

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTime to pay that off: Chery is recalling the Omoda 5 over an axle problem, and the fix depends on a part that cars sold in Europe don't have.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the recall is real, but whether your car is in it depends on which continent built the axle and which one you parked it on.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's good news for European drivers!

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTheir cars skipped the faulty part entirely, which is basically the best kind of recall to be left out of.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOr Europe's cars are missing a part, Vera, and somebody simply decided that was fine.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAn axle recall is where a car stops being a car.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMissing.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorMissing, Hank. A car with a part fewer, and it's the safe one. I'd like to meet the engineer who thought of that.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMaybe he's been waiting years for someone to ask. Everybody deserves to hear they were right about the axle.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe'll get his moment. It will be a recall notice, and it will be filed under limited reach.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorLimited reach is how every great disaster begins. First one axle, then the whole parking lot.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd the parking lot has the part Europe doesn't. That's the whole story.