A recall does not mean your car is affected. Check the market, build date and VIN with the manufacturer.
- Engine / equipment
- Driver airbag (Takata): Opel/Vauxhall Astra H, Vectra C and Signum
- Period mentioned
- Built from 4/7/2003 to 11/6/2014, depending on the model (only the VINs in the recall)
- Symptoms
- None: the car works normally. The danger appears if the airbag deploys in a crash.
- Possible cause described
- The chemicals in Takata airbags may deteriorate over the years, and the inflator may rupture as it deploys and cause serious injury. It is UK recall R/2026/404 (Vauxhall KU3, October 2026), covering 252,527 cars, and the maker asks owners to stop using them as soon as it is safe until the repair is done.
- Check for the garage
- Do not use the car until it has been checked. Ask an Opel dealer, with the VIN, whether your car is in the recall: they replace the airbag module free of charge.
- Cost cited in the source
- No verified estimate; check whether the free recall remedy remains outstanding for the VIN.A rough figure from the original database, not an up-to-date quote.