My NLR red zone flash thing didnt show up when i was there, so i wasnt in my NLR zone. i believe i died again after that so my NLR was somewhere else.
The HUD NLR element renews to show the most recent NLR timer, however the fact that it doesn't show doesn't mean it doesn't count. I'd understand you mistiming your retrieval if it was after 9 minutes, but after 3 minutes, there's little chance that you had NLR and went back there to retrieve your car.
Idk i just assumed since i wasnt in my Last death space that i could go back to my car, Apologies if i got that wrong.