Car owners of a Peugeot 107, Toyota Aygo or Citroen C1 from the model years 2005 to 2014 the risk that a glass pane in the rear door, on the way suddenly lose contact and to other road users.
It is not often that with a recall, warning that parts of a car can come off, making them a hazard for other traffic. In a letter to the relevant car owners write Peugeot Nederland: “Upon the cars concerned it is the achterportierruit may not properly glued, so this might become and on the road. Because of this, there is a risk of injury to you and your fellow road users.” It is concerned only with the five-door versions of the cars.
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Apparently, the at the time, applied way of adhesives, or adhesive, after about 10 to 15 years and more to the diamond, firmly holding. Usually these kind of defects to light only after one or more cars has gone wrong, but a spokesman of the Dutch Toyota importer says not yet of incidents in the Netherlands to have heard. Toyota reports on the site of the RDW: “If the glue of both hinges loosening the window next to the door pockets, and is fully ejected from the vehicle. There will also be wind noise, vibration or water leakage can be detected.”
At the dealer before
it is Advised to the cars ‘short-term’ at a dealer or authorized repairer to offer. “The work consist of checking of the glass and, if necessary, the glue attaching the ruitscharnieren and the glass window,” according to Peugeot the Netherlands in the letter to the owners.
It is not yet known how many cars by the recall are affected. The three car models from Peugeot, Citroën and Toyota have the same technical basis and come from the same factory.
