Defective Takata airbags: more than 200,000 Citroëns and DS have been repaired

In France, 114,000 cars have been upgraded and 90,000 additional vehicles are expected to follow soon, Stellantis said. In total, 530,000 Citroën C3 and DS3 sold between 2009 and 2019 in Europe and the Maghreb are affected, including 246,000 in France. Since the announcement of the recall campaign in May, the automobile group has increased the number of registered letters to affected customers, found via registration files, and launched information campaigns in the media. However, many owners have not yet come forward.

Takata bankruptcy

Stellantis has doubled the production of adapted airbags at a subcontractor’s factory. The manufacturer has also boosted its offering of courtesy vehicles intended to replace cars undergoing repairs (36,000 in France), available in 6 parks across the south of France, or delivered to their homes for remote customers.

Airbags from the Japanese manufacturer Takata – which has since gone bankrupt – have shaken the automobile sector since 2014: they have caused several deaths by projecting dangerous parts into the driver’s face, due to a gas that ages poorly in climates. hot and humid. Volkswagen, Nissan and Toyota have also recently launched recall campaigns concerning Takata airbags, but without encouraging people to stop driving. BMW recalled more than 1.7 million vehicles in the United States and China this summer for the same problem.