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coelurosauravus t1_isau2v7 wrote

Reply to comment by Lolli-Pot in TIL the first confirmed victim of Takata airbags was 18y/o Parham. As she drove around a car park, she lightly bumped another vehicle making the airbag inflate, sending metal pieces at such tremendous force that one hit the teen’s neck slicing open her carotid artery. She bled to death in her seat by ahm713

This was a huge contention point between Honda and Acura. Despite many Hondas and Acuras sharing models and parts, the dealers hate the paperwork to do crossovers. There's also a weird distance minimum that has to be covered for a Honda dealer to be "allowed" to handle the Acura repair.

If you have any mail or door material with regard to your vehicle that has a contact number to the national office, I'd suggest getting in touch with them. Dealers are sensitive pains in the ass to work with sometimes

Edit: have your VIN on hand. Also, depending on if you need your vehicle there may be an option for either a rental or a tow-fix-return tow.

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FoxNo1738 t1_isw7rf8 wrote

See this is where head office is meant to call up the brand managers and put the fear of god into them for playing stupid games on this.

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