EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Citroën “C4 PICASSO II” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1354/18
Summary
The cars have an incorrect version of the engine's software, leading to errors in the cooling strategy and malfunction of the engine's "high temperature" warning system. This could lead to unnoticed overheating of the engine, which may leak oil and also fail, increasing the risk of accident.
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Product
Passenger car — Citroën
- Brand
- Citroën
- Name / model
- C4 PICASSO II · Type aproval numbers: e2*2007/46*0356*09, e2*2007/46*0356*12, e2*2007/46*0356*13, e2*2007/46*256*14
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car
- Production dates: The vehicles affected were manufactured 3 March 2016 and 8 March 2018- VIN: from VF73DAHSMGJ549462 to VF73AAHXTJJ611111- Citroën code: GKA
What is the risk?
- The cars have an incorrect version of the engine's software, leading to errors in the cooling strategy and malfunction of the engine's "high temperature" warning system. This could lead to unnoticed overheating of the engine, which may leak oil and also fail, increasing the risk of accident.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: 12/07/2018
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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