01:41 PM EDT, 05/31/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Stellantis NV ( STLA ) has asked customers to stop driving its Citroen and DS cars due to faulty airbags, Citroen head Thierry Koskas told France's BFM Business television.

The company has issued a recall of 650,000 Citroen C3s and nearly 60,000 DS3s that contained air bags sourced from the now-defunct Takata. The air bags are susceptible to a potential risk in hot and humid climates.

The auto maker is providing customers with replacement vehicles and sourcing new air bags from elsewhere as part of the recall, Koskas was quoted as saying.

Stellantis ( STLA ) did not immediately respond to a request for comment from MT Newswires.

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