“It’s scary“, breathes Magalie, 59 years old, resident of Bonnes in Vienne. She is the owner of a Citroën C3, one of the models affected by the massive recall from the manufacturer and the Stellantis group. At least 600,000 C3 and DS3 cars, located in around twenty countries, must be repaired because of defective airbags. The gas contained in airbags does not age well, and is very dangerous: during an accident, metal parts may be thrown in the passenger compartment, causing injuries or even death.
When she learned that the C3s were called models, Magalie was quick toenter the registration number of your vehicle on the Internet. As a result, it is part of the list established by the manufacturer for this airbag problem. But since then, Poitevine has not had no news : “The message indicated that I was concerned and that I should contact a garage near me. I went to Citroën in Chauvigny, who told me I had to wait. There are no more parts in stock and no loaner car“.
Citroën recommends no longer driving the cars
But Magalie is very worried: registered letters received by thousands of Citroën ownersit is recommended not to especially more driving vehicles affected by the recall:How do we do ? Normally, there is a fault, we protect people. There is no solution there. People, they have to live, they have to work“, the fifty-year-old gets angry.
The driver goes to Chasseneuil-du-Poitou every day to work. From Bonnes, she must cross the forest of Moulières: “I pray to God in my car that I don’t come across a deer or a wild boar, an impact with a small animal and the airbag could be triggered. it’s scary, we have a hell of a sword of Damocles above our heads.”
