Level: Serious risk
Type: Consumer products
Ref.: A12/1363/16
Notifying country: France
Country of origin: France
Counterfeit:
Risk type: Injuries
Product: Passenger car
Product name: C-Elysée, C3, C3 Picasso, DS3, C4 Cactus
Product description: Passenger car.
Brand: Citroën
Category: Motor vehicles
Type/number of model: e2*2001/116*0371*28 - e2*2007/46*0060*15 - e2*2007/46*0224*07 - e2*2007/46*0225*07 - e2*2007/46*0003*34 - e2*2007/46*0003*36 - e2*2007/46*0003*37 - e2*2007/46*0003*38 - e2*2007/46*0003*40 - e2*2007/46*0003*41 - e2*2007/46*0440*05
Batch number/Barcode: C3: produced between 30 March and 20 April 2016; C3 Picasso: 5-13 April 2016; 5-21 April 2016; C-Elysée: 15-21 April 2016; DS3: 30 March to 20 April 2016.
OECD Portal Category: 77000000 - Automotive
Risk: Possible presence of a plastic part in an inlet valve of the ABS/ESP (anti-lock braking system/electronic stabilisation program) unit may cause faulty regulation by the ABS/ESP and untimely wheel-locking.
Measures adopted by notifying country: Measures taken by economic operators: Recall of the product from end users (By: Manufacturer)
Products were found and measures were taken also in:: Estonia, Ireland, Malta, The Netherlands