The UFC -quisir consumer defense association announced Monday that it intended to file a complaint against BMW car manufacturers, Mercedes, Toyota and Volkswagen on Monday about its administration of defective Takata airbags, after that deposited in January against Stellantis.
The Choisir of UFC-who, which denounces in a press release, the “inaccurate, late and insufficient” reminders, specify a complaint for “deceptive commercial practices, aggravated deception and deliberate danger of the lives of others.”
The Takata Airbags scandal has been shaking the automotive sector since 2014, which forced hundreds of thousands of vehicles to immobilization by many manufacturers to change these equipment.
A new death at the end of March
Due to a bad gas, it is likely that this security equipment explodes projecting pieces in the facial treatments of the drivers and the front passengers, with a risk of serious or even fatal injuries.
At the end of March there was a new death linked to the trigger for a defective air bag. Until the announcement of this new death last week, the Ministry of Transportation had identified 29 accidents that caused eleven deaths abroad and one in Continental France.
The UFC -quir had already filed a first complaint last January against Citroën and its parent company Stellantis.
Source: BFM TV
