{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "DVSA recall R/2008/196: Citroen Xsara (Seatbelt restraining ability may be affected)",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/uk-recall/r-2008-196/",
  "summary": "Citroen Xsara: Seatbelt restraining ability may be affected. DVSA reference R/2008/196, launched 19 December 2008, 238 vehicles. Defect, remedy and every rewr",
  "excerpt": "Citroen Xsara. Published by the DVSA as R/2008/196 on 19 December 2008. Concern: Seatbelt restraining ability may be affected. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at the DVSA , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. CarsMultiverse / UK recalls A recall published by DVSA, the British vehicle safety authority, with every version of its wording that this site has read. Unchanged since first read. R/2008/196 19 December 2008 Citroen (listed as CITROEN) MAF 238 Xsara 238 6 April 2008 9 April 2008 Nothing yet. The wording has been the same on every read since 4 September 2026. The file is read again every day; if DVSA rewrites the defect, remedy or concern, the old and new text will appear here with both dates. No match found in the American, Canadian or European registers by manufacturer reference, because the reference DVSA lists is too short to match safely. A recall can exist abroad under a different reference; this site only claims a match when the reference agrees. Check this recall on the DVSA service Read from DVSA's bulk recalls file (RecallsFile.csv, 7 MB) on 17 September 2026; this recall first read on 4 September 2026, read 15 times since. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA, Check vehicle recalls . CarsMultiverse is an independent site, not an",
  "register": {
    "authority": "DVSA",
    "country": "United Kingdom",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/uk-recalls/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2008-12-19T09:00:00+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-05T12:00:00+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"DVSA recall R/2008/196: Citroen Xsara (Seatbelt restraining ability may be affected)\", https://carsmultiverse.com/uk-recall/r-2008-196/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}