Takata recall time!

I just received a recall notice for the takata inflator on the PS airbag in my '09 civic. Now to find the time to take it in. i wonder if I could get a loaner for a day or two due to my busy schedule?

A girl I know was too scared to drive her Takata-equipped daily driver when the recall news came out so she demanded a loaner until they could fix it. She got a loathsome base Dodge Dart to drive until it was fixed. Be careful what you wish for...

BMW gave me a new X1 to drive while they were working on my 15-year-old M5's Takata airbags. Even let me take it home to Grand Junction and then drove the M5 300 miles to deliver it!

All comes down to the dealership, I suppose. It never hurts to ask. In my case, I scheduled a long time in advance and I was nice to the guy on the phone

Local Honda dealer has been a pain in the posterior on mine. As I understand, I got the driver's side replaced after a year of nagging them. Car was totaled, and today I got a notice for the passenger's side.

Friendly advice: tell them you are scared, and take whatever rental they give you. This will incentivize(sic) them to get a move on. I have two friends who did it this way, and were done in a couple of weeks.

I will call on Monday. I have Tuesday and next Wednesday off to be available. Wait and see.

We're doing ours on Monday. They said it would take about an hour.

Yeah, my letter said it should take an hour. If I'm off and it's not too cold I won't mind browsing the lot. Maybe take a test drive, as the wife's car is a 230k Accord and we may be looking to replace it soon. Mostly waiting for HR-Vs to be on the used market.

Brian wrote: Yeah, my letter said it should take an hour. If I'm off and it's not too cold I won't mind browsing the lot. Maybe take a test drive, as the wife's car is a 230k Accord and we may be looking to replace it soon. Mostly waiting for HR-Vs to be on the used market.

Good plan, but if you do that I will guarantee it will take longer than an hour!

In reply to Brian:

When we got the notice for our Fit the bags were still not available. Honda provided us a loaner for about 5-weeks through Enterprise, and we had a choice of models available. We selected a Veloster(that I autoxed once), then a Cherokee. Unlimited mileage too.

No idea if there's still a backlog/wait for the parts, but I'd be surprised if a loaner vehicle is not still an option if it'll take more than a day to complete.

I have breakfast saturday mornings with the parts manager at the local Honda store. They are doing 35 airbags a day, and have been for quite a while.

The math suggests some people are going to gave to wait.