Peugeot joins 'sticky accelerator' recall

The company says the recall of the Citroen C1 and Peugeot 107 models produced in the Czech town of Kolin comes after Japan's Toyota – which uses the same pedals on some Aygo models – found a defect.

A PSA spokesman yesterday said that owners of the two models will receive letters notifying them of the recall, which involves cars built between mid-2005 and the middle of last year.

Toyota recalled some 4.2 million cars and trucks on three continents on Friday because of "sticky" accelerator pedals.