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Peugeot Citroen joins Toyota and Honda in recall
11th Febuary 2010
Peugeot Citroën joins Toyota and Honda in recall
Peugeot Citroen is recalling 97,000 Peugeot 107s and Citroën C1s across Europe, including 6,700 in the UK, which used the same potentially faulty accelerator pedals as the Toyota models at the centre of a worldwide recall.
Toyota last week said it was recalling 1.8 million cars across Europe, covering eight of its models, to deal with a faulty accelerator which causes sudden and unexpected acceleration.
Peugeot said in a statement today: "Peugeot Citroen has decided, in line with its stringent quality policy, to launch a similar programme for a selected range of Peugeot 107s and Citroën C1s which are produced in co-operation with Toyota in a shared plant."
It said the 97,000 cars concerned in its "precautionary recall" represented less than 10 per cent of Peugeot 107s and Citroën C1s in circulation in Europe and it said customers concerned will shortly receive written notification.
The two Peugeot Citroën models and Toyota's Aygo are all made at a joint venture Czech factory the pair own which assembles around 200,000 Peugeot and Citroën cars every year.
Like Toyota customers, Peugeot drivers will not be given a refund on their faulty car. Instead they are being instructed to take their cars to their nearest Citroën dealer to see if repairs are necessary.
A Peugeot spokesman explained that the models use the same basic platform and many of the same parts, including the accelerator pedal.
Toyota has now recalled millions of cars worldwide with faulty pedals following an accelerator problem. The models potentially affected include Aygo, iQ, Yaris, Auris, Corolla, Verso, Avensis and the RAV4.
The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (Vosa), the Government car-recall agency, is meeting Toyota officials today. A spokeswoman for the agency said the aim was to ensure all models and makes of car with the potential fault were included in the recall.
Rival carmaker Honda has also announced the recall of 646,000 cars globally to fix a switch defect that could cause a fire. These include 171,000 of its Jazz superminis in the UK after an electrical defect killed a toddler in the model in South Africa.
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