Toyota halts shipments of 10 models including Land Cruiser... Group company involved in quality certification fraud
Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Conducts On-Site Factory Inspection
Earlier, Daihatsu Faced Issues with Fraudulent Quality Certification
Toyota Motor Corporation has admitted to irregularities in the diesel engine quality certification process of its group company Toyota Auto Body. As a result, it has decided to halt shipments of 10 vehicle models, including the Land Cruiser, which use the problematic engines.
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According to reports from Japan's Kyodo News and others on the 29th, Toyota revealed that fraudulent activities related to output testing required for certification procedures were discovered in three types of diesel engines produced by Toyota Auto Body.
The vehicles equipped with the problematic diesel engines include the Land Cruiser Prado, Land Cruiser 300, and LX500 (Lexus).
Toyota Auto Body is one of Toyota’s group companies, known for forklifts and other equipment. Last year, irregularities were also uncovered in emission tests for forklift engines.
Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has decided to conduct on-site inspections of the production plant regarding the diesel engine quality certification fraud issue. Through this, they plan to determine whether to revoke the ‘type designation’ necessary for mass production.
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Earlier, Daihatsu, a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, also faced fraudulent quality certification issues in April last year. Following additional investigations, it was found that from 1989, 174 cases of irregularities occurred during crash, emission, and fuel efficiency tests across 64 vehicle models. Since then, Daihatsu has been under extensive investigation by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. As a result, four of Daihatsu’s plants in Japan have been shut down since December last year.
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