Stellantis, the giant of the car Born from the merger between FCA and PSA, he recalled 68,000 vehicles produced between 2022 and 2024 in France due to a defect on the cooling injectors of Puretech engine oil: This is reported by Stellantis herself, confirming printing information. The call concerns, in particular, 57,000 Citroën C3, 2,500 Peugeot 208 and 8,700 Opel Corsa, equipped with 82 horsepower 1.2 Puretech engine.
“This is not a problem of conception of the engine but of supply, which has impactful on the quality of manufacture of these injectors,” said Stellantis. The defect causes «noise and, in the worst hypothesis, The engine sensor can be damaged, with the risk that the oil will finish on the exhaust pipe». This, warns Stellantis, can cause “smoke” and a “start of fire”.