The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration $($a government agency$)$ issued multiple recalls recently, including notices for over $427,000$ Kia Telluride vehicles that could roll away when in park. When a vehicle is recalled, the producer, Kia in this instance, asks vehicle owners to return them to a Kia dealership, who is then responsible for repairing the problem. The recalled vehicles travel through a$($n$)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$ distribution channel.

direct

traditional$/$conventional

reverse

vertical

multi$-$channel