Front Driver Side Air Bag Inflator problems of the 2015 Chevrolet Equinox

Takata inflators passenger air bag service light is on. This has been dinging every mile to alert us since July 18, 2018. It started on1-40 near gatlingburg, TN. We listened to the ding ding ding all the way home to franklin, OH - over 6 straight hours and are still listening to the ding ding ding everytime we drive this Equinox. Took it in for service and found out there was a recall for this model and year but we did not receive a recall notice. Warranty expired by a few weeks. This is costing us over $800 to have it replaced. We feel this is a safety manufacturing defect that we have no control over. We've been driving it since the alert started July 18th, 2018. Took us two weeks to get into the dealership and now we're waiting for the part to come in. We are driving a vehicle that could possible be dangerous. Contacted chevy customer service and were told they could not help us and Chevrolet would not be paying to have the airbag replaced because our VIN # was not on the recall. No problem with our dealership - still waiting on the part. Please let us know what's going on with the recall and why we were not notified. Thanks.

My vehicle was struck in the front by another vehicle as I was crossing a four lane hightway. Other vehicle was running 65 mph. My seat belt locked, but none of the front or side curtain air bags deployed. I suffered a mild concussion as a result of my head striking the driver's side window. Immediately after the wreck, one could smell the inflators releasing vapor, but no deployment of the bags occurred. Vehicle was a total loss due to structural damage.