– Stellantis points pressing warning for sure Citroën and DS 3 fashions
– Homeowners of 2009–2019 automobiles urged to examine VIN and cease driving instantly
– Stellantis mobilising full restore community as Europe-wide security motion extends to UK
– Stellantis points pressing warning for sure Citroën and DS 3 fashions
– Homeowners of 2009–2019 automobiles urged to examine VIN and cease driving instantly
– Stellantis mobilising full restore community as Europe-wide security motion extends to UK
Stellantis UK has introduced an instantaneous stop-drive motion for particular Citroën and DS 3 automobiles manufactured between 2009 and 2019, as a result of issues over Takata airbag security.
This follows the French Transport Ministry’s cease?drive request for round 441,000 Citroën C3/DS3 automobiles as a result of airbags which have exploded, leading to accidents and a minimum of one loss of life the place a lady died from her accidents sustained by Takata airbags deploying in her 2014 Citroen C3..
Homeowners of affected automobiles are being urgently suggested to cease driving their automobiles instantly, when it’s protected to take action. The stop-drive motion applies to: Citroën C3 (2009–2016); Citroën DS 3 (2009–2016) and DS Vehicles DS 3 (2016–2019).
Whereas there have been no incidents reported within the UK, Stellantis is implementing the stop-drive order throughout Europe. The affected automobiles had been beforehand a part of a wider recall marketing campaign launched greater than a 12 months in the past, starting in Southern Europe and increasing northward.
Stellantis said the choice was based mostly on a mixture of things together with airbag design, age, car use, and local weather publicity, in addition to regulatory enter.
Clients shall be contacted by letter, however are additionally urged to examine their car’s standing instantly utilizing the Automobile Identification Quantity (VIN) device on the Citroën UK Web site. If a car is affected, house owners ought to register their particulars for repairs as quickly as potential.
Stellantis stated it was activating its full community of suppliers, retailers, and manufacturing services to handle the problem swiftly and supply protected and handy restore options for purchasers.
Commenting, Janine Macqueen, director of operations, Marketpoint Recall, stated: “The Citroen recall is simply the most recent in an extended line of product points within the automotive business. Certainly, Citroen just isn’t the one agency to have fitted its automobiles with probably problematic Takata airbags; the French Transport Ministry has additionally issued warnings for house owners of Audis, BMWs, Fords, Nissans, Peugeots and even Ferraris.
“Whereas the actions of Stellantis are welcome when it comes to making an attempt to get forward of the problem, that is indicative of a wider development producers and OEMs are going through – due to the potential security implications, recollects within the automotive sector are a baked-in factor of operations.
“It means manufacturers must be proactive at being proactive. They want measures in place to handle, observe and talk recollects immediately. They should have groups and assist in coping with recollects as they happen. Above all, they must be recall-ready as this may minimize any recall associated expense by as much as 50%. As a result of everybody within the business is aware of that one other recall problem isn’t distant.”
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