By the law of large numbers, the larger a company is, the more problems it will have to resolve. So after the problems had with the 1.2 PureTech engines, Stellantis could face a new legal action also for Takata airbags of the C3 and DS3.
For those who don’t know yet: last May Stellantis has recalled approximately 600,000 C3s and DS3s across Europe due to a possible problem with Takata airbags. These, in fact, may not explode in the event of an accident due to a flaw in the internal chemistry, a rather serious problem that has pushed Stellantis to prohibit their owners from driving the cars involved. A particularly complex recall to manage, given that spare parts are missing and making an appointment at the workshop seems like an obstacle course; not the best when you are forced to leave the car at home. The company took action by providing thousands of replacement cars, but in the meantime only less than 10% of the total had been repaired.
A chaotic situation that pushed the same lawyer who dealt with the PureTech engines (Christophe Lèguevaques of the MyLeo platform) to undertake a new legal action also for airbags – as reported by The Automobile Magazine. The problem of Takata airbags, a Japanese company that went bankrupt just a few years ago, has affected several car manufacturers in recent decades. From 2000 onwards, FCA (now Stellantis) and Toyota were also hit by airbag problems; today that Stellantis is the fourth largest automotive group in the world, Takata airbags they are potentially found on 8 million unitsalthough obviously not all of them seem flawed.
The lawyers of the Italian-French group will therefore have a lot of work to do, between PureTech engines and Takata airbags: the new legal action allows registration for users involved with this latest recall, therefore for owners of C3 and DS3 built between 2009 and 2019 (below the official page which explains the terms of the action). The registration, which for now concerns French users but which could soon expand to other countries, has a cost of 339 euros. Obviously the action aims to obtain monetary compensation for all users involved, however the path will be quite long: membership will continue until 8 September 2024, then the real battle will begin which could last for years. As they say, however, whoever lasts wins.
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