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EU Safety Gate · Report-2009-14

Citroën · Passenger cars

The product poses a risk of injuries because of a fault in the engine relay unit, which controls certain functions such as the windscreen wipers, headlights and ignition, and which can lead to intermittent malfunction or failure which may cause a risk of accident.

Published
17 April 2009
Notifying authority
Germany
Catalog checked
30 July 2026
What should you do?

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Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Voluntary corrective action taken by the manufacturer.. Date of entry into force: Unknown

Official source alert
Safety Gate reference
0495/09
Model
Type (C2 model), EC type-approvale2*2001/116*0283*.., e2*2001/116*0284*..,e2*2001/116*0344*.., e2*2001/116*0285*..e2*2001/116*0309*.., e2*2001/116*0286*..e2*2001/116*0316*.., e2*2001/116*0339*..Type (C3 model), EC type-approval e2*98/14*0256*.., e2*98/14*0257*..,e2*2001/116*0289*.., e2*98/14*0258*.., e2*98/14*0259*.., e2*2001/116*0317*..e2*98/14*0261*.., e2*2001/116*0318*..e2*2001/116*0329*..Type (C3 Pluriel model), EC type-approval e2*2001/116*0266*..Type (C4 model), EC type-approval e2*2001/116*0302*..Type (C4 Picasso model), EC type-approval e2*2001/116*0345*..Type (C5 model), EC type-approval e2*2001/116*0360*..Type (C6 model), EC type-approval e2*2001/116*0320*..Type (Berlingo car model), EC type-approval e2*2001/116*0366*..Type (Berlingo lorry model), ABE N129
Check-digit validated barcodes
67000531
Category
Motor vehicles
Risk type
Injuries
Country of origin
France

The affected vehicles were manufactured between the end of February and mid-June 2008 and have a vehicle identification number in the ranges: C2: VF7JMHFXC97520052 to VF7JMHFXC97545482C3 Pluriel: VF7HB8HZC28105813 to VF7HBKFVC28108149C3: VF7FCHFXC29061113 to VF7FCHFXC29154093C4: VF7LC5FXH74853490 to VF7LC5FWC74867705C4: VF7LC5FXH74853490 to VF7LC5FWC74867705C5: VF7RWRHRJ54004739 to VF7RDRFJF54032534C6: VF7TDUHZJ78017960 to VF7TDUHZJ78018085Berlingo: VF77G9HXC67000531 to VF77J9HTC67612959