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A Facebook group had already been created to allow victims of BlueHDI 1L5 engines made by Stellantis to meet and share their galleys. Now, unhappy consumers can join the association “Victims Channel 1.5 BlueHDI”, to perhaps finally obtain compensation.
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Two months ago, you were deciphered the mobilization that the victims of the 1.5 BlueHDI engines, produced by the company Stellantis, were in the process of setting up. At the beginning of February, the protest movement returned to the sling, with the constitution of consumers in An association called “Victims Channel 1.5 BlueHDI” January 14th.
The president of the association, Smaël Sébille, from Douaisis, had already created A Facebook group several months ago, which now brings together more than 2,700 people and hundreds of engine damage testimonies, symptomatic of BlueHDI 1L5. But beyond this group, the main ambition remained to create an association of victims, recognized by the State, “to do more serious and gain in visibility” … and for fifteen days, it has been done.
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With 60 members, the association still hopes to grow to bring its fight always further. Objective: that consumers victims of 1.5 BlueHDI engines obtain the same treatments as In the Puretech case, engine whose distribution belt deteriorated quickly due to prolonged contact with the oil tank. “We hope to have a good end, like them,” notes Smaël Sébille, now a heavyweight driver in the Var. “Stellantis created A complaint platform For his victims … we want the same for the Blue HDI. “
For the moment, with regard to the BlueHDI, Stellantis simply softened its compensation conditions without systematically supporting repairs at a rate of 100%.
For those who call on an out -of -network Stellantis, the company only covers the costs of 50%… except that not everyone benefits from an approved garage nearby, nor the same rates.
Smaël Sébille, president of the association of victims of Blue HDI engine
With this association, the victims therefore hope to be heard and benefit from the same treatments as in the other scandals that have involved Stellantis in recent months.
As a reminder, the phenomenon of Dysfunctions of Blue HDI engines began to grow last November. Concretely, behind these failures is a problem of pure and hard mechanics: the chain which connects the two parts of the engine (the cam trees) being undersized, it ended up prematurely and therefore, by breaking, causing an engine failure and the immobilization of the vehicle. Since February 2023, Stellantis has now equipped its engines with a larger chain, from 7 to 8 mm.
1.5 BlueHDI engine of Stellantis, mounted on a Peugeot vehicle. • © Pennant Franck / Maxppp
This damage concerns a wide panel of vehicles assembled by Stellantis between 2017 and 2023: Citroën C3, C3 Aircross, C4, C4 Cactus, C4 Picasso, C5 Aircross, Berlingo, Spacetourer and Jumpy, Fiat Ulysse and Scudo, DS3 Crossback, DS4, DS7 and DS7 Crossback, Opel Corsa, Astra, Mokka, Crossland, Crossland X, Grandland, Grandland X, Combo, Zafira and Vivaro, Peugeot 208, 2008, 308, 3008, 508, 5008, Expert, Rifter and Partner, and finally the Toyota Proace and Proace City. At the end of September 2024, certain brands like Citoën or Peugeot, began to recall the vehicles concerned for a prevention update, which concerns more than 750,000 users.
According to Smaël Sébille, for the year 2020 alone, 1 million 1.5 BlueHDi engines came out of the factory. We therefore better understand the exceptional number of complaints recorded in recent months.
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