Front Driver Side Air Bag Inflator problems of the 2005 Honda Element

Air bags: recall 2005 Honda Element, announced: June 20 2014 Honda: a message to our customers about takata airbags 10/28/2014 revised 02/11/2015 on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, NHTSA convened a one-day workshop. Appearing on behalf of Honda was bruce smith, senior vice president, parts, service and technical division. Following is smith's statement. Getting to 100% recall completion rates: incentives and innovative ideas "due to the size of the campaigns to replace takata inflators, we also worked to increase the supply of replacement parts, and succeeded in securing three additional suppliers -- trw, daicel and autoliv -- that are now supplying us with inflators. This will help accelerate the pace of repairs in the coming months. " I received my recall notice in April 2015. The dealership set an appointment 3 weeks later, may 4, 2015. I received three emails, and one voicemail, to remind me of the appointment. 43 minutes after I brought the car, the dealer told me that they did not have the new airbag. I got them to provide me with a rental car. They offered no time-frame for when the part will arrive or when I will get my Element back. Mr. Smith, how can you get to 100% recall completion rates if you cannot provide the replacement part? to quote you from the above statement, "completion rates of about 33 percent in the 9th and 10th year of ownership. To amplify this point, let me explain that we have enlisted a special investigative firm as part of our effort to contact hard-to-reach owners of older model vehicles affected by the takata airbag inflator recall. On a number of occasions, the investigators succeeded in locating the owner, but despite best efforts to persuade them, the customer refused to bring in their car for repair. " I brought you my car seven months after the start of recall. Now what?.