Vehicle recall R/2025/142

Citroen C3 recall: Front seat pretentioner wires inverted.

DVSA recall R/2025/142 names the Citroen C3. It was launched 9 April 2025. It covers vehicles built 16 November 2024 to 25 February 2025.

Recall data updated 22 September 2026

Recall: R/2025/142
Launched: 9 April 2025
Issued by: CITROEN
Manufacturer reference: NV6 -251205EE
Vehicles: 531 across the lines below

What can go wrong

Affected vehicles may face a front seat belt pretensioner malfunction in the event of a crash due to the inversion of command wires in the Airbag ECU connector.

The fix

Replace the affected PINS in the airbag ECU connector.

Models and build dates

As listed in the DVSA recall file. Vehicle numbers are DVSA figures for each line.
Model	Built	Vehicles
Citroen C3	16 November 2024 to 25 February 2025	531

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Other recalls for these models

R/2025/021 Citroen C3 DS3 Driver and Passenger Airbag (Takata) 7 March 2025, Citroen C3, DS3
R/2025/074 Citroen C3 Jet cooling nozzle failure 19 February 2025, Citroen C3
R/2025/247 Citroen DV5R Engines Camshaft Chain. 3 July 2025, Citroen C4, Citroen C3, Citroen C3 Aircross and others
R/2025/283 Citroen Fuel Pipe 18 July 2025, Citroen C3, Citroen C4, Citroen C5 Aircross
R/2025/022 Citroen C3 DS3 Driver and Passenger Airbag (Takata) 10 December 2024, Citroen C3, DS3
R/2025/346 Emission recall - On Board Diagnostics 18 August 2025, Citroen Dispatch, Citroen Relay, Citroen Berlingo and others

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA vehicle recall records (RecallsFile.csv), recalls launched 1992 to 2026. Recall data updated 22 September 2026.

Recall wording is DVSA's, with capitals and punctuation tidied and American spellings such as tire, center and windshield given in British English. We list a recall when its make and model match a car or van family with at least 1,000 DVSA MOT tests from 2022 to 2025, and when the maker of the vehicle issued it.

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