The principle is no different, but the practice might differ significantly. With vehicle safety there's a reasonably common, agreed upon set of vehicle conditions which can be checked with a inspection; do your brake lights work, tires aren't bald, etc. There is also a framework of regulation (at the product level vehicles have to pass a set of design-level safety tests), as well as policing on actual roads to execute vehicle maintenance checks as needed.

I'm not sure we know what a similar framework would look like with consumer devices. I can see the utility, but I would also worry about regulatory overreach, and giving big brother another point of control to latch onto.