Stellantis SA has told TimesLIVE Motoring a technical team has reviewed all the recalls by Citroën in Europe, and all the vehicles have been included in a local recall campaign launched in 2024.
Stellantis, the automotive group that manages brands including Peugeot, Opel and Maserati, asked for 82,000 Citroën C3 and DS3 vehicles in France with faulty Takata airbags to be removed from roads, a company spokesperson said last Thursday, as reported by Reuters.
The move stems from a June 11 incident in which a woman in Reims, France, died from injuries sustained from one of the airbags in a 2014 Citroën C3.
All C3 and DS3 vehicles produced between 2014 and 2019 are subject to the “stop drive” recall, the spokesperson said. The company reported it has repaired 481,000 out of 690,000 cars in France with the airbag safety concerns.
The French transport ministry had asked for all Citroën C3 and DS3 vehicles subject to a Takata airbag recall to be removed from the roads after the accident.
The Takata airbag recall is one of the largest automotive recalls in history, affecting an estimated 100-million vehicles worldwide, including vehicles sold in SA by a number brands.
Defective airbag inflators, which can explode on deployment, potentially sending shrapnel into the vehicle’s occupants, are the main concern.
The Consumer Commission recently advised on the need for SA customers, regardless of the brand, to adhere to the recall campaigns issued by their respective automotive brand as it was a safety issue.
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