My car is recalled and Honda won't give me a loaner?

My 2005 crv has been recalled due to a problem with the drivers side airbag inflator. Apparently the inflator could explode, not inflate correctly, or allow metal fragments to pass through in the event of a crash.

I was at my local dealership and they told me that the parts are on back order and should be here by October. I then asked about a loaner car to which the service advisor said that they wouldn't do it. I explained how in the letter it said that Honda will give a car or provide reimbursement for a loaner car until the repairs are done.

The advisor smirked as said I was lucky Honda is even going to replace the part for free and that the car is now ten years old they don't have any responsibility for it.

Now I drive mostly on the highway every day and I have some concern driving a car with a faulty airbag.

By giving me the recall notice, didn't Honda basically release their liability? The letter says they will give me a loaner. The dealer said that's only on the day of the repair and only if the car will stay overnight.

Am I missing something here? Should I call Honda directly? Or go to another dealer?

Is my car worth saving or should I just trade it in?

I have a 2002 Honda CRV with over 200,000 miles on it. I've had it for about over a year now and lately over the past couple months or so it's been having a lot of problems that have been popping up recently and these problems being like I used to have a really bad oil leak that I thought was coming from the oil pan gasket but it really wasn't, it was coming from this valve right under my valve cover gasket and I just got that fixed yesterday. And before that I took my car to Firestone to get them to at least make my car driveable again because I have messed up the front left axle when I got into an incident while I was going across the interstate back in May and it feels like ever since that my car has been slowly going downhill no matter what I do to fix it. So far, if I spent about almost 2 grand on just trying to make it as drivable and safe as possible but I feel like the more money I put into trying to fix it more problems keep showing up. But at the same time I don't want to let it go because my mom gave it to me and I feel like I put in too much money to just give it away like that either. So, do you guys think its worth fixing because it still runs pretty good once I jump start it but with the new axel might be coming a loose, my battery/altenator possibly going bad, and my brakes might need replacing too because even when I put in park it still tries to roll; have to put on the emergency brake to make it stop completely in place. Any thoughts?

Which car best for a first car?

Which of these cars would be best value:
1. 2000 Honda CR-V (230000km)
2. 2002 Toyota Rav-4 (350000km)

I'm not stupid and do no quiet a lot about cars but which would you get and i know that the Honda has a lot less km per year but its older.

Thanks you.

Added (1). The Honda is $3590 and the Rav-4 is $2950