Originally Posted by
pizzaguy
Then make sure that, if the recall is valid for the particular car you are looking at has already been done.
If you buy the car and take it to a dealer for the recall, be prepared for two possible outcomes:
1) They screw up the car and cant get it fixed. (They can mess up anything when tearing into the car - including the Air Conditioning).
2) They find "non-covered safety issues not covered by warranty"; this will cost you. Only the airbag replacement is covered, if they find any issue that is 'safety related", depending on where you live, they can hold the car until you agree to pay up.
Others have encountered both issues.
When I had the Takata Airbag replaced on my 2007 Coupe (I took it to the local dealer after they ordered the new airbag, received it & notified me that they had it), the 1st thing the Service Advisor did was open my driver's door & connect to the OBD2. I asked what he was doing and he said he was looking for any codes so they could address those issues while the car was in service. I told him that there were not any codes (I checked for these before I left the house) & told him to get the hell out of my car! Just replace the air bag, which was what I was there for & nothing else.
Now when the work was completed (which took about an hour or so), I was paged over the intercom that my car was ready. When I approached the Service Advisor, he told me my car was parked outside along the side of the building just outside of the 1st garage door. After signing paper work, I walked to my car & the Service Tech that performed the airbag replacement was waiting for me by the car. He told me he wanted to make sure I got the car & drove it away. Said he didn't want to leave it in the normal customer area as he knew I took good care of the car by the way it looked (inside & out). Really I nice guy, one of 2 Crossfire-trained Service Techs on staff and we talked for a few minutes. He no longer works at that dealership & I know they got rid of all their Crossfire-related tooling as they didn't want to service these cars other than simple stuff (e.g., oil change). Not sure I would trust them to do that service!