The Pinto thing was a pretty minor increased-risk, since the gas tank placement on rear-wheel drive econo cars of the day was pretty much identical, IIRC the fix was a single shield on a single bolt on the differential. So really, it's an Audi 5000 preview: nearly-non-existent engineering problem went viral.
Swastikars are different: They're not cheap anything, and the plutes that are trying to virtue-signal with them are pissed because the Nazi came out of the closet too soon