The Réunion Import and Trade Union (SURE), Automobile importers and distributors launched mid-February, in collaboration with the prefecture, The "Stop Drive" operation.
It aims to encourage Reunionese users of the 35,000 vehicles equipped with a faulty airbag to stop driving them and to have them repaired in an emergency. Importers and dealers have set up an exceptional organization to manage the flow and supply of the necessary stocks before making free airbags repair as soon as possible. Banks and financial partners will also be able to, on a case -by -case basis and depending on the profile of customers, postpone the deadlines of certain loans to lighten the budget of motorists concerned by "Stop Drive". About twenty automotive brands sold models built between 1998 and 2019 equipped with Takata airbags risking exploding and causing serious injuries. A large -scale communication campaign has been started to inform the owners of at risk cars and direct them to approved dealers or experts authorized to make the free change in airbag.
