2010 Vibe Airbag Replacement

[Rhymingmechanic]

Well, on Monday evening I finally got a recall letter for the Takata shrapnel airbag. It included this line, bold and underlined: Until the repair is performed, the front passeger seat should NOT be occupied.

I expected a real hassle after reading about this recall over the past few years, but it couldn't have gone more smoothly.

I called on Tuesday morning. The dealership said they had one part left in stock, and scheduled me for Wednesday morning. It took a couple hours longer than expected because they had to chase down another part, but I can now ride with my wife and not fear the airbag inflator exploding. The ticket says they replaced the airbag and a retainer.

I hope everyone else's recall goes this well as the campaign works its way to the end.

 

[nthach]

A friend and his mom who bought identical Subarus had the recall done. The dealer gave them the option of a rental car which they took. Toyota and Subaru aren't as rocked by this like Honda is. But then again, in Honda's case Takata supplied the airbags as a complete module while Toyota bought Takata inflators for integration into their airbags or dash modules.

 

[xBa380]

Had my recall done on my Scion xB (2008) done two weeks ago. It took them about 1hr to do it, it was quick.

 

[Boomer]

My Passat had the takata airbag replaced about 6 months ago. Took less than an hour.

 

[gabriel9766]

Ive done a bunch of inflator recalls on rangers, and did my first on a 06 mustang today. Real simple job.