Check if your car is one of the vehicles affected by a reminder with our search engine

More than 200 car models are affected, according to the list established by the government. A total of 2.5 million vehicles are affected by a recall, including 1.7 million which must be immobilized by a measure of “stop drive”.

The government ordered the immobilization of 800,000 additional vehicles equipped with Takata airbags considered at risk on Tuesday June 24, fifteen days from vacation departures. From now on, there are therefore 1.7 million vehicles concerned by the “stop drive”, a complete immobilization while waiting for the replacement of the defective airbags. And in total, 2.5 million the number of vehicles is targeted by a recall in France. So many cars to be repaired, while waiting times lie in garage owners, overwhelmed by this influx.

Is your car one of the vehicles affected by a reminder? If you have not received a reminder from the manufacturer, you can consult the list of cars concerned established by the government with our search engine.

The simple presence of your model in this list or in the production range indicated does not certify that it needs to go back to the workshop. In any case, you will need to contact your automotive brand customer service, a dealer or your mechanic. They can check if your model is the subject of a reminder. The government site centralizes current recall campaigns For each manufacturer and for each territory concerned, France, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyana, Reunion and Mayotte.

Many brands offer online tools to check if your car is concerned via the vehicle identification number (wine). This unique number of 17 characters, which you will find on the gray card, is crucial to check the situation of your car. Once an appointment has been obtained, the repair is freeSupported by the manufacturer, and generally fast, the car being immobilized less than half a day

The problem of Takata airbags is linked to the use of ammonium nitrate without desiccant, which can become unstable and explode by projecting metallic fragments, particularly in hot and humid climates. The aging of these airbags inevitably leads to their degradation thus increasing the risk in the event of an accident.

Since the risk of explosion of the Takata brand airbags has been known, 18 people died, 16 of which in the overseas and two in France. 25 people were also injured, according to the Directorate of the Ministry of Transport. On June 16, the Radio France investigation cell revealed the 18th fatal accident linked to a defective airbag. The accident took place in Reims in the Marne on Wednesday June 11. According to our information, the victim had not received a recall letter to change the airbag of his Citroën C3 which dates from 2014.