Besides Toyota Motor Corp., automaker PSA Peugeot Citroën has announced a recall of an estimated 90,000 to 100,000 cars in Europe regarding the topical accelerator pedals.
PSA Peugeot Citroën, Europe’s second largest car manufacturer, announced that they could share the same gas pedal fault as the Toyota’s current massive recall of millions of vehicles from the United States to Europe and China.
Jean-Marc Sarret, a spokesman for French-owned Peugeot Citroën, claimed that there has been no evidence of accidents or safety problems linked to the pedals and this was a “preventive” initiative.
The largest automaker in France is specifically recalling Citroën C1 and Peugeot 107 models produced in the Czech town of Kolin in the joint venture with Toyota, which has recalled 7.7 million vehicles worldwide.
Owners of the two models will be notified by mail of the recall, which involves cars built between mid-2005 and mid-2009, said Sarret. The recall affects about 10 percent of all Peugeot Citroën cars sold, he added.
The Japanese giant Toyota has recalled vehicles worldwide due to accelerator problems, which is nearly equivalent to Toyota’s entire worldwide sales last year of 7.81 million vehicles.
Toyota’s president apologized on Jan. 30, nine days after a Defective Information Report (DIR) was filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) informing the agency of its intent to conduct a voluntary safety recall of “certain accelerator pedal assemblies,” according to a company statement.
“We’re extremely sorry to have made customers feel uneasy … right now, we are trying to establish the facts and preparing for giving an explanation so anxiety among customers would be removed as soon as possible,” said President and CEO Akio Toyoda said in an open forum to broadcaster NHK on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
According to Bloomberg, Toyota’s flawed accelerator has been attributed to 19 deaths in the last 10 years. “Incidents of sticking accelerators have been ongoing with Toyota vehicles for up to a decade, and have led to a disproportionately high number of deaths,” said Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), chairman of the congressional Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
“We believe we are close to announcing an effective remedy,” the company said in an advertisement in the Washington Post on Sunday.
PSA Peugeot Citroën, Europe’s second largest car manufacturer, announced that they could share the same gas pedal fault as the Toyota’s current massive recall of millions of vehicles from the United States to Europe and China.
Jean-Marc Sarret, a spokesman for French-owned Peugeot Citroën, claimed that there has been no evidence of accidents or safety problems linked to the pedals and this was a “preventive” initiative.
The largest automaker in France is specifically recalling Citroën C1 and Peugeot 107 models produced in the Czech town of Kolin in the joint venture with Toyota, which has recalled 7.7 million vehicles worldwide.
Owners of the two models will be notified by mail of the recall, which involves cars built between mid-2005 and mid-2009, said Sarret. The recall affects about 10 percent of all Peugeot Citroën cars sold, he added.
The Japanese giant Toyota has recalled vehicles worldwide due to accelerator problems, which is nearly equivalent to Toyota’s entire worldwide sales last year of 7.81 million vehicles.
Toyota’s president apologized on Jan. 30, nine days after a Defective Information Report (DIR) was filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) informing the agency of its intent to conduct a voluntary safety recall of “certain accelerator pedal assemblies,” according to a company statement.
“We’re extremely sorry to have made customers feel uneasy … right now, we are trying to establish the facts and preparing for giving an explanation so anxiety among customers would be removed as soon as possible,” said President and CEO Akio Toyoda said in an open forum to broadcaster NHK on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
According to Bloomberg, Toyota’s flawed accelerator has been attributed to 19 deaths in the last 10 years. “Incidents of sticking accelerators have been ongoing with Toyota vehicles for up to a decade, and have led to a disproportionately high number of deaths,” said Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), chairman of the congressional Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
“We believe we are close to announcing an effective remedy,” the company said in an advertisement in the Washington Post on Sunday.
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