I have a wonderful 012 Honda Accord and my year/VIN was not included in the list. I also checked with my point of purchase dealer and they called me safe. This last Tuesday, I was hit side to side as a clueless young woman engaged in girlfriend chatter forgot about me in the center turn lane. No air bars deploy when the front fender component was hit (good). I had to guide the car into a business parking lot as the front right tire was also blown out. I know when you hit a curb at 40mph, the suspension will total. When the impact occurred, I felt like was in a Russian Fail vid except I didn't turn over six times. The lot I drove into happened to be the only sex shop in my municipality of 90,000 people. When I worked at the Manheim auto auction, we had to view a safe driving course called the Smith driving course. That video helped me control and place myself in a safe position. I had not researched but I'm sure Utube has courses like this. All of us in here should check it out because too many people we drive with are imbecils. I just found out that my beloved Honda is repairable. Thanks to @bodyman and 1 for the great help and insight though all this.
It's cosmetic cracks in the dash, it was not a safety recall that was mandated, definitely not for a car that is over 10 years old. I know that Lexus has a reputation as making boring cars mostly (and it is mostly true) - but their customer care is second to none, even if you purchased these cars used. Oddly enough, I still wish we had our previous Lexus (an IS300) - because it was actually a Lexus that was not boring to drive (the kids just outgrew the rear seat).
The airbag thing is a supplier issue and is not limited to Japanese cars - Audi, BMW, Chevrolet, Fiat, Chrysler, Dodge, Ferrari, Ford etc... are also impacted, for example. To my understanding - it is the lack of replacement parts by Takata that is slowing the recall and they prioritize the replacement by models that are in a larger danger. I guess it really shows the folly of having one giant supplier that dominates the industry in this case. "By design, several more phases of the Takata recall are still to come. Waves of vehicles are scheduled to be added in each of the next two years, and officials expect it to take a couple more years for all the airbag repairs to be completed." https://www.consumerreports.org/car...ce-takata-air-bag-recall-loaner-car-policies/
Okay, I was just going off that you said it was a recall. I did a quick google and Toyota was faced with a class action suit for the dashboards and rather than go to court they agreed to replace them. That's awesome for the consumer, but I wouldn't give too big of kudos to Toyota as it was likely cheaper to do it that way rather than pay out billions after the class action suit. Car manufacturers will look at the least costly way for them.
I won't even mess with American cars anymore, with old trucks being an exception. I've had multiple American cars that broke down before rolling over 100k. All my Hondas and toyotas have surpassed 250k with only minor repairs needed. I bought a 4runner for 6 grand five years ago and get offers for 5 grand now still. That's basically $1000 for a five year lease on a car that I put little to no money into. You will never, ever, ever get that with an American car, ever.
