Still An Airbag Takata Problem, Stellantis Withdraws 82 Thousand C3 And DS3 Units In France

Citroen C3 2014. (Doc. NetCarShow)

JAKARTA - Bad news came from the Stellantis camp. The reason is, this multinational automotive company asked for around 82,000 units of Citroen C3 and DS3 which have Takata airbags to be withdrawn.

Reuters reported on Saturday, June 21, the news was announced one week after a woman from Reims City, France died of an airbag of Takata in 2014 production C3.

The French Ministry of Transportation has also asked all vehicles affected by the recall not to be piloted on the highway after the accident.

The "Stop Drive" recall program involves C3 and DS3 models produced from 2014 to 2019.

This continues the safety measures made by the company that previously repaired 481,000 units due to the airbag problem out of 690,000 units in France.

About a decade ago, Takata shocked the global automotive universe because it caused the world's largest recall process a few years ago.

There were 30 deaths from this airbag with 26 of them in the US region. In 2009, this component of Takata caused hundreds of victims to be injured from a number of vehicles from various brands.

In the past decade, more than 100 million vehicles consisting of more than 20 brands of vehicles in the world equipped with Takata airbag inflators have been bulk recalled.

Due to the problems that hit the airbag, supplier Takata was declared bankrupt in 2018 and several executives were charged with the case.