Family caught on leave after remembering the car on unsafe airbags

A motor driver said that he had to pay £ 1,000 to take his car to a house of more than 150 miles (240 km), after finding out that his airbags were unsafe.

Emma Drinkwater from Haroget was in the British Grand Prix in Silverstone on 5 July, when she received a message from her insurance company, stating that her citrine car had a “stop drive” notice in the car.

Citroen’s original company Stelanis issued a notice for its 120,000 vehicles after the UK. Woman died in an accident in France When his airbag burst.

38 -year -old Ms. Drinkwater said: “It is scary to think what could have happened if I was in an accident and the airbag was closed. They are going to save your life, not your life.”

Ms. Drinkwater said that she was described as a chemical mistake, which meant that the airbags were created by Now-Difact Japanese Airbag Manufacturer Takata – An explosion can occur without warning,

It is believed that 35 people have been killed by the Takata Airbags worldwide, and some 100 million vehicles have been withdrawn in various countries.

This scam was mainly concentrated in the US and has hit Europe in the last two years, The UK Arm of Stalentis is now also issuing stop drive notice,

Ms. Drinkwater, who traveled to Silverstone with her partner and step -son, said that she waited for four days to find her car and caravan to find a company to return to the northern Yorkshire, resulting in the extra time to work.

“This has been a complete sadness and I don’t even know if I will get any compensation,” he said.

She said that when she was waiting for the airbag, her mother was replaced by her normal one -hour trip to go at a distance of 33 miles (53 km), which became a six -hour round journey by public transport in Wakefield.

He said, “I care about my mother because she fails for kidney failure and usually shop for her food, but had to order her to send her home to shop online, while I was stuck as I could not come back to help her,” she said.

“I feel very angry how the whole situation has been handled, as it has been a great discomfort.

“They have sold people’s cars that are a risk for life with defective parts and then we are out of pocket to pay for an issue that was their fault.”

Ms. Drinkwater said that she was lucky that the airbag in her vehicle was now replaced as something. Some people were facing long waiting.

A spokesperson to stalentis stated that the company’s attention is “faster as possible on completing the replacement of airbags in affected vehicles”.

He said: “This is unavoidable, such a large number of vehicles are affected, that customers may have discomfort in short term.

“However, we are deploying a variety of options to support dynamics, identifying that each driver will have personal requirements, and this priority should be given to customers with the most important needs.”