CITROEN C3 Aircross V3, C5 Aircross V2

The risk

Due to a defect in the engine control unit (inverter) in vehicles equipped with electrified dual-clutch transmission (e-DCT), metal soldering residues may pass into the unit. This can cause internal electric short circuits which, can lead to continuous power supply and overheating due to a blocked relay, and cause a fire. 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. VIN: VR7KAHPY8TL023431 - VR7KAHPY8TL023896, VR7CGHPY5TT083038 - VR7CGHPY6TT083646.

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: 27/04/2026

Models on CarsLore

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

• Citroen C3 Aircross
• Citroen C5 Aircross

Other fire alerts in 2026

79 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 Aircross

More Citroen alerts

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

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