Automaker Stellantis recalls 68,000 units in France due to fire risk
Car giant Stellantis has recalled 68,000 cars produced in France between 2022 and 2024. The company announced that this is mainly because of a problem with its PureTech engines' oil jet cooling nozzles.
This issue mainly leads to noise but can also cause the engine casing to become damaged, which in turn can exacerbate the risk of oil spraying onto the exhaust pipe. This can cause a fire or just create smoke. The car group did not clarify whether these issues had already taken place or whether they were hypothetical risks.
At the moment, the recall will apply to 2,500 Peugeot 208 models, as well as 57,000 Citroën C3, and 8,700 Opel Corsa cars.
'This is not a problem with the engine design but with the supplier, who has deviated from the manufacturing quality of these nozzles,' Stellantis said, cited by AFP.
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Owners of the impacted models will receive a letter from the company asking them to bring their cars to the dealer's garage, in order to get an oil filter and oil change. This process only takes 30 minutes, said Stellantis.
Although the carmaker blamed the fault on supplier nozzles, Stellantis has already faced a number of issues with PureTech engines. This is mainly because they consume too much oil or the timing belt has been found to degrade too fast. Back in January this year, the company introduced a platform which provided retroactive compensation for buyers who had faced these engine issues between 2022 and 2024.
Stellantis, the owner of Maserati, has also recently launched a recall of 27,354 Maseratis in the US, linked to a problem with the rear-view camera. There were concerns that the rear-view image was incorrectly displayed, which heightened the risk of accidents.
The issue may be caused by a problem in the radio software which blocks the image from displaying properly.
Currently, the recall impacts a number of models such as the MC20 Cielo (2023-2025), the Grecale SUV (2023-2024), the GranCabrio and the GranTurismo (2024). The Ghibli, Levante and Quattroporte models manufactured between 2021 and 2024 are also affected, as are MC20 models produced between 2022 and 2025.
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