Over 80,000 vehicles will be affected by decrees set to be announced on Monday over dangerous airbags, with fewer than 300 expected to be immobilised.
Transport ministry sources told the Cyprus Mail that the whole procedure of replacing parts of recalled vehicles would take a few months and should be completed before the end of the year.
Those whose vehicles will be immobilised will be given priority, the sources said.
At noon on Monday, when Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades presents the decrees, he is also expected to announce measures to help cover the commuting expenses of owners of immobilised vehicles until the vehicles are returned to them.
When owners receive a notification for immobilisation they should immediately make an appointment for the parts to be replaced, the sources said.
Vafeades has called on the public and those involved in recalls to cooperate.
Speaking after a meeting on Sunday with MPs and political party representatives, to discuss the recalls ahead of the decrees, Vafeades said “we all have an obligation to cooperate, to work together so that this problem ends once and for all.”
Asked about commuting alternatives for the drivers to be affected, Vafeades said that solutions would be found for commuting.
He added that about 82,000 vehicles were to be recalled for faulty Takata airbags.
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