The real story behind a product recall is not always the narrative of negligent corporation vs. the little guy consumer. In a great long read from Popular Mechanics, Dan Koeppel explains the complicated reality behind product recalls. Far more often than you might suspect, there's nothing demonstrably wrong with the product.

  • Mister44

    Im looking forward to reading the article. I don’t know how baby item manufacturers make money. They can sell 1 Million of a crib, but because 2 kids died in it, they have to recall all of them.

  • zarray

    Now that I think about it, I’ve never returned a recalled product. Probably because 98% of them are baby cribs and car seats. 

  • Lt. Col. w00t

    Interesting that there is no mention of the “prototypical” media frenzy over a questionable recall: the Ford Explorer/Firestone debacle.