![]() ![]() Hannah Waterman is married! Actress ties the knot with The Bill star Huw Higginson in Australia - five months after her famous father Dennis died two weeks after he dumped girlfriend Abbie It came a month after they were forced to recall 650,000 cars worldwide to fix a switch defect feared to cause a fire.ĪJ Pritchard confirms new romance with Zara Zoffany as they kiss during cosy lunch. In the same month, Honda also recalled 437,000 cars worldwide because of a potential fault in the airbags. ![]() In February, Peugeot Citroen recalled 100,000 Peugeot 107 and Citroen C1 cars worldwide to change the accelerator pedals. Just last month, a further 70,000 Lexus models were recalled due to an engine problem which could cause the car to stall. More than 8.5 million vehicles have been recalled since autumn last year, amid a variety of technical problems including the accelerator pedals sticking to the floor. The biggest case to date has been Toyota which has issued a staggering 14 separate recalls in the last 12 months worldwide. The Renault case is the latest blow to the motor industry following a catalogue of recalls involving millions of Toyota, Citroen and Peugeot cars. The spokesman said they were unaware of any such incidents happening to Scenic owners in the UK. 'The electronic parking brake computer (ECU) that manages the automatic handbrake will be re-programmed.' 'Investigation of a few very rare cases outside of the UK have shown this to be the problem. 'There is the possibility, in a very rare case, that the automatic handbrake could apply whilst driving. So far more than 13,000 have returned to date. This started on July 1st and will finish until early September. 'The mailing to owners will be carried out over 10 weeks. So far, about 13,700 Scenic owners have had their vehicles fixed.Ī Renault spokesman said: 'We are having to trace 66,735 owners of Scenic II that were manufactured between September 2003 and June 2005. Staff will re-program the ECU on the family vehicles to correct the potential fault free of charge. In a move likely to cost the car company in excess of £10m, Renault UK is spending 10 weeks tracing the owners of 66,735 Scenics manufactured between the two dates. Renault engineers investigated the cases and tracked the problem down to battery cables fitted incorrectly to the vehicle's Engine Control Unit (ECU). Renault Scenic II: More than 66,000 owners of the popular people carrier have received letters from Renault recalling the car due to a handbrake fault ![]()
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