Urgent 'stop-drive' warning extended to thousands more cars

Citroen has extended its 'stop-drive' airbag recall to include C4, DS4 and DS5 models, warning owners not to drive their vehicles due to a potentially dangerous airbag fault. The recall was initially announced earlier this year following a report that a woman tragically lost her life due to an airbag in a 2014 Citroen C3 in Reims, France last year.

This led to the recall of C3s manufactured from 2009 to 2016 and DS3s produced from 2016 to 2019. Now, the recall has been expanded to include C4 models made between 2010 and 2011, DS4s from 2010 and 2011, and DS5s built from 2010 to 2013, affecting nearly 10,000 vehicles across the UK.

A spokesperson for Citroen said: "To date, more than 66,000 vehicles have had their new replacement airbags fitted. We forecast that the majority of customer vehicles will have their new replacement airbags fitted by the end of September, with the remaining cases handled as swiftly as possible within the coming weeks.

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"In addition, Stellantis has proactively decided to expand the stop-drive to include additional Citroen C4 (2010-2011), DS4 (2010-2011), and DS5 (2010-2013) vehicles. In the UK, this amounts to an additional 9,968 vehicles."

Citroen advises owners to check if their vehicle is affected and what steps they need to take by entering their vehicle's VIN number into the brand's 'check tool' on the Citroen website.