UPDATE:
So, I had the car towed to the local Honda dealership. As expected they were very busy, there are regular people driving in who have to wait some half an hour just to check in, then more waiting to speak to the service advisor. In my case, checking in was quicker since I was a special 'tow in' case.
Since I have never performed any service at any Honda dealership, I was registered first then given my paper work and told to wait. I knew the wait would be very long, possibly a day or two, so I took the Subway train home.
All in all, it took about 6 hours before I retrieved my car.
Since this is a recall, I didn't have to pay for anything except for the tow which was 150.
I knew about the recall in December of 2020 BEFORE I had bought the car.
Why had I waited so long? There are several reasons for this:
1. I hate dealerships and this one seems to get especially bad reviews. However, the mechanic did a competent job: both CV axles were replaced. It's all those other people who seem to ignore the customers and don't seem to have their stuff together.
2. Since the 'dynamic damper' hid the rusted corrosion ROT underneath the CV axle, I reasoned that I would be OK if I were gentle with acceleration, in fact the breakage happened at very low speeds, actually when braking (many FitFreak.net users also reported the same.) That rubber 'dynamic damper' piece really did hide how bad corroded the cv axle was.
3. Since I hate dealerships so much, I procrastinated and rescheduled my appointment a total of twice. So, this could have been done and over with as early as May of 2021. I made excuses such as, "well, maybe they don't have the part yet since the recall was only just announced in December of 2020." You get the idea, there are certain personalities such as myself who worry and procrastinate. It's a bad habit one must break. Be a warrior, not a worrier.
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One interesting of note is that after the CV axles were replaced, I noticed less "hesitation" when accelerating. When driving, after coming to a stop, I would often wait a second or two before trying to accelerate again, almost as if I was waiting for the transmission to shift to a lower gear first. This was a type of behavior that I always assumed was the transmission, it was a kind of shifting delay.
So, I was quite pleasantly surprised that the car feels more eager to go, after this replacement job.
It's almost like the old axles had a kind of 'slop.' If that makes sense... actually it doesn't make sense but the difference is real and VERY WELCOME!
