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Passenger Car – Citroën “C3 V4 C-Elysée”

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 6 Jan 2022In the weekly report of 7 Jan 2022 (week 1, 2022)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 7 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger Car
Brand
Citroen (250 alerts)
Brand as notified
Citroën
Name
C3 V4 C-Elysée
Type / model
C3 V4 (B618) e2*2007/46*0003*64 C Elysée e2*2007/46*0225*16
Batch numbers
C3 V4 (B618) 07/04/2021 - 10/04/2021 C-Elysée 12/04/2021 - 21/04/2021 (official alert record)
Barcodes listed
HVY (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car
Production dates
C3 V4 (B618) 07/04/2021 - 10/04/2021 C-Elysée 12/04/2021 - 21/04/2021
Risk
The outer pinion of the right driveshaft may break due to lack of heat treatment during the manufacture of the part which may lead to a break in the transmission shaft. The engine will still run, but there is no torque transmission to the drive wheels increasing the risk of an accident. The product does not comply with the requirements laid down in the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users · by the manufacturer · from 29 Nov 2021
Company recall code
HVY
Notifying country
France
Country of origin
Spain
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/00028/22
    European Commission, Safety Gaterecord fields marked “official alert record”: © European Union, CC BY 4.0; values listed separately here
  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2022-1 (XML)
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