11,000 vehicles barred from 2026 road tax renewal over faulty airbags

As the online portal has opened for the renewal of 2026 road tax for approximately 750,000 vehicles, around 11,000 will be denied renewal due to pending faulty airbag replacements.

Road transport department officer Constantinos Kouppis said that 100,500 vehicles had been called in to replace defective Takata airbags, with several thousand still outstanding and therefore required to complete the replacement before being eligible to renew their road tax.

Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency...