Skoda Fabia, Rapid, Yeti, Octavia, Superb, Citigo, Kodiaq, Roomster

The risk

The propellant in the driver airbag may deteriorate over time. If the airbags deploy, it could result in fragments from the inflator injuring the vehicle's occupants. 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, equipped with Takata airbags.

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: 01/06/2026Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Manufacturer Category of measure(s): Request to stop driving Date of entry into force: Unknown

Models on CarsLore

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

• Škoda Citigo
• Škoda Fabia
• Škoda Kodiaq
• Škoda Octavia
• Škoda Rapid
• Škoda Roomster
• Škoda Superb
• Škoda Yeti

Other injuries alerts in 2026

204 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: Škoda Citigo

More Škoda alerts

47 EU Safety Gate alerts for Škoda since 2007; the most were issued in 2019 (9).

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