– Recall adds pressure on dealers as hundreds of homeowners remain unable to drive
– Citroën extends rare ‘stop-drive’ motion amid ongoing airbag safety concerns
– Over two-thirds of C3 and DS3 models now roadworthy with substitute airbags
– Recall adds pressure on dealers as hundreds of homeowners remain unable to drive
– Citroën extends rare ‘stop-drive’ motion amid ongoing airbag safety concerns
– Over two-thirds of C3 and DS3 models now roadworthy with substitute airbags
Citroën is extending its urgent ‘stop-drive’ recall to incorporate C4, DS4, and DS5 models, affecting nearly 10,000 additional vehicles as a result of concerns over faulty airbags.
The recall now covers C4 and DS4 cars built between 2010 and 2011, in addition to DS5 models from 2010 to 2013, adding 9,968 vehicles to the sooner motion that impacted around 120,000 C3 and DS3 models.
Greater than two-thirds of those C3 and DS3 cars have already had substitute airbags fitted, making them legal and secure to drive again.
The expanded recall has placed extra demands on Citroën’s dealer network. Stellantis, Citroën’s parent company, has authorised Peugeot dealers to perform airbag replacements alongside at-home repair options to speed up the method.
A spokesperson at Citroen parent company Stellantis told the Every day Mail: “The corporate’s focus stays on completing the substitute of airbags in affected vehicles as swiftly as possible. The Citroën network is fully engaged in maximising the variety of cars that might be accomplished each day, and to extend our repair capability even further and minimise the impact on customers, the Peugeot network is now authorised to switch airbags on these cars along with at-home options.”
Stellantis said the choice to expand the stop-drive motion was proactive, implying that the motion was not mandated by the DVSA, the agency that oversees vehicle safety recalls.
The spokesman added that while the vast majority of C3 and DS3 cars are expected to have their latest substitute airbags fitted by the tip of September, the extra 10,000 drivers of C4, DS4 and DS5 models will likely be ‘handled as swiftly as possible throughout the coming weeks’.
Consumer group Which? has criticised the corporate’s handling of the recall as ‘shameful’, highlighting a scarcity of clarity on compensation and the disruption faced by many homeowners who’ve lost access to their vehicle.
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