Toyota suspends supply of cars to Daihatsu due to falsified safety test results
Kyiv • UNN
Daihatsu has suspended deliveries of its vehicles, including those sold under the Toyota brand, due to a scandal involving violations of safety test data. The suspension of deliveries came after the discovery of about 200 violations involving 64 Daihatsu and Toyota models.
Due to the scandal with crash-test data and other safety-related violations, Daihatsu, a subsidiary of the Japanese concern Toyota, is suspending deliveries of its cars. This was reported by UNN with reference to Reuters.
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According to the results of the investigation by an independent commission revealed about two hundred violations in 25 different categories of tests. Earlier, in April and May, the following violations were found violations related to door cladding and side collision tests were already identified. side collision tests.
In total, the violations affect 64 Daihatsu models, including 22 models sold under the Toyota brand. Toyota brand. These include Toyota Probox, Town Ace, Roomy, and Pixis.
On the Toyota website website reports that in response to these findings, Daihatsu has made to temporarily suspend deliveries of all its models that are currently currently produced both in Japan and abroad. Toyota also decided to to temporarily suspend deliveries of the affected models.
We would like to apologize for any inconvenience and concern to all stakeholders, including customers. parties, including customers. Daihatsu has informed us that it will further clarify the situation with the authorities and will take all necessary measures under their guidance
According to the Kyodo news agency, searches will soon take place at Daihatsu's headquarters in in Osaka in connection with the violations, that it is not yet able to determine the financial impact of the scandal. According to 3] according to Toyota, Daihatsu produced 1.1 million vehicles in the first 10 months of the year, almost 40% of them at foreign plants. During this period, it sold about 660,000 vehicles worldwide, which accounted for 7% of Toyota's sales.
In , the company emphasizes that for a full Daihatsu needs "fundamental reform" to fully resume operations, and also a review of certification operations.
