© Mike Bird/Pexels – Jaguar XF recalled in France because they are equipped with a Takata airbag (illustration image). Save save Receive alerts Recall the list of car manufacturers who have not used Takata airbags is finally reduced. Twenty-five in total according to Capital, and among them, Fiat, Kia, Porsche or Renault. But this is not the case of Jaguar. As a result, today, the British brand is in turn caught up for an airbag problem concerning one of its models. As the government site is said to be consumer recall, dozens of Jaguar XF are recalled in the country because they have been equipped with a Takata airbag. It is Jaguar XF of first generation, produced between 2007 and 2015 in Coventry in West Midlands. The recall concerns the inflator of the driver’s inflatable cushion which can deteriorate over time. “If the airbags are deployed, fragments of the inflator could injure the occupants of the vehicle,” suggests a consumption reminder. Risks of injury is therefore mentioned as for other car owners equipped with the same airbags. Read also: Your car is affected by an airbag reminder: can you still sell it? Contact your Jaguarsi dealer CONSO REMINDER advises to contact his dealer, JAGUAR should also contact the owners of the cars concerned. A new recall case which comes ten days after a trip by Manuel Valls, the Minister of Overseas, who launched “a warning” to car manufacturers by urging them to “act”. He recalled that “several thousand” cars are rolling again in Guadeloupe with failing airbags from the Takata brand. In France, more than 2.3 million vehicles still have to be replaced by their failing Takata brand airbags. Receive our latest news twice a week, automotive news at a glance. (tagstotranslate) Reminder
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