I scheduled my passenger airbag inflator to be replaced on November 5th, but brought my car for an oil change this morning. The service advisor (commission based employee), after offering a number of upsells to the oil change service, looked into open recalls on the car. I told him I had an appointment for next week for the airbag, and he said they could perform the airbag service today, while I waited.
I turned over the keys, signed the work order, and headed off to the lounge to drink coffee beverages and get a little work done while the car was being worked on. A little over 2 hours later, I got a note that the work was complete.
The car was washed and vacuumed, and the only indication that the passenger airbag inflator had been replaced was that the items in my upper glove compartment had been rearranged. Interestingly, the dust from my spouses feet was still present on the passenger side of the dashboard, so if the Honda technicians had to take the dash apart and put it back together, they didn't wipe off the dusty footprints. At first I thought the service had not been done because of this, but the items in the upper glove box told a different story. Ultimately I have a receipt saying "Installed new inflator unit into customers airbag with new locking nuts torqued to 3.9 Nm. Installed new inflator wiring harness and verified connector is secure with gauge tool. Reinstalled airbag assembly with new lock nuts torqued to 9.8 Nm. Recorded serial number on repair order and returned inflator to parts department for return to Honda. Started vehicle and verified SRS light comes on for 6 seconds, then goes off."
So finally, after 610 days since the SECOND recall, and 976 days since signing in for service for the FIRST recall, both airbag inflators have been replaced. I haven't heard anything negative about the side or side curtain airbags--hopefully those won't decide to start killing people starting this macabre circus all over again. Just say no to clowns.
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