Following the generalization To all the metropolitan France From the “Stop Drive” reminder to the defective airbags that equip the C3 and the DS3 produced between 2009 and 2017, thousands of drivers can no longer, in theory, use their vehicle.
For these owners, it is about waiting to obtain a care at the cost of repairing the part in question. That can take some time.
Some, for whom the car is essential, can ask the resale question without delay in your vehicle. Even if that means applying a discount. But can a car be sold with such reminder to an individual or a professional?
“Nothing prohibits the sale despite the obvious precautions that the seller must take,” explains BFM Business Jean-Baptiste Le Dall, a lawyer specialized in car law and the road code.
Mention in Technical Control
“The last regulatory development of Technical Control (CT) applicable since February 15, 2025 incorporates this case precisely. The recovery procedure is clearly notified in the document that is transmitted during the sale,” specifies the lawyer.
“There is no legal prohibition to sell a vehicle that is subject to a reminder,” he continues.
Therefore, the vehicle is sold “as it is”, the buyer buys in responsibility. “Of course, the owner will have everything to notify the buyer well, in writing it is even better. But again, the technical control is proof. He will also have to send him the builder’s reminder letter and possibly the document that justifies the repair if He made, to prevent the buyer from turning against the owner.
If the sale is made to a professional, the diagram is the same. “In absolute terms, the resale to a professional is less risky because it will be perfectly aware of the problem of the vehicle and will not be able to assert a hidden defect,” adds Jean-Baptiste Le Dall.
They are not “vehicles that are not rolls”
However, car owners referred to: the manufacturer invites them not to drive due to the mortal danger related to the airbag. Can we then talk about “non -rolling vehicle (VNR)” in the administrative sense of the term?
In fact, it is forbidden to sell this type of vehicle that can no longer lead an individual, even in spare parts.
“No,” says Jean-Baptiste Le Dall. “The recovery procedure is not synonymous with VNR. There is no offense if it drives with a vehicle hit by a reminder, even if the manufacturer orders its customers not to do so. In addition, the mention of reminders on technical control only has value has only value informative.
Source: BFM TV
