CITROEN C3 Aircross V3, C3 V5

The risk

The electric power steering harness being routed between two screws, and slight vibrations may cause damage during steering operations. This may cause a short circuit, leading to a loss of power steering assistance and/or a fire in the passenger compartment. The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.

Product: Passenger car. C3 V5: VIN : VR7CBZYA7RT176772 - VR7CCHPVXTT000267.C3 AIRCROSS V3: VIN : VR7CGHPV5RT163339 - VR7CGHPY5TT000241.

Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · official text, unchanged

Measures taken

Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Manufacturer Category of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users Date of entry into force: 10/03/2026

Models on CarsLore

The alert names these models; open one for its complaints, recalls in other countries and inspection results.

• Citroen C3
• Citroen C3 Aircross

Other fire, injuries alerts in 2026

15 of the 311 motor vehicle alerts published in 2026 concerned the same risk.

Who notified alerts in 2026

Safety Gate (European Commission) · CC0 · all alerts of 2026

Other recalls for the same models

The same models in recall campaigns from NHTSA, Transport Canada, the EU Safety Gate and the Dutch RDW.

All recalls for this model: Citroen C3

More Citroen alerts

231 EU Safety Gate alerts for Citroen since 2007; the most were issued in 2017 (29).

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