On January 29, a blockbuster news in the automobile circle was exposed, and Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan, bowed and apologized for a series of recent fraud scandals of Toyota's companies at a press conference held in Nagoya.
Toyota Motor Corporation also announced that Toyota Industries Co., Ltd. (TICO) had received a report from a special investigation committee to Toyota Motor Corporation, which commissioned TICO to develop diesel engines for automobiles. The Commission was commissioned to investigate issues related to improper domestic emissions certification for forklift and construction machinery engines and found that TICO had violated the rules.
Here's an important pointThe engine of the car involved in the violation is a diesel engineThis machine was commissioned and developed by Toyota. Violations include tampering with the adjustment of fuel injection to produce output values and torque curve data. And the purpose of rewriting the test results is to obtain certification. For example, the 1dz engine has deteriorated durability and the nitrogen oxide value after operation exceeds the specified value, so the data is rewritten to make it appear to meet the specified value. In another 1kd engine, the PM value increased during deterioration durability operation, and after the installation of the improved device, the emission value appeared to be acceptable but did not meet the target.
These results are deliberately falsified during the test, just to get verified for a while. In fact, it has not been used in production vehicles. In other words, it's cheating on the exam. It has to be said that this illegal act has greatly affected the image of Toyota, although it is an act entrusted to TICO, but Toyota's negligence at the management inspection level is also a problem that cannot be ignored.
Of course, Toyota's fraud is not once or twice, the last airbag problem,Toyota Motor Corporation is recalling 1.12 million vehicles worldwideIncluding Camry, Highlander, Corolla, Senna and other models, are involvedA short circuit in the sensor can cause the airbag to not deploy as designed.
The following are some of the models affected by the falsification of engine data. A total of 10 models around the world are using the affected engines, including the well-known Toyota LC300 (2021 model), Prado (2020 model), Lexus LX500D (2022 model), Fortuner (2020 model) and other diesel vehicles, these are all models sold to the Asian market, so if you are unfortunate enough to buy these cars in parallel import channels, please check and check them quickly. Although it is only an emission issue, it cannot be ruled out that there will be a difference in the quality of the engine at a later stage.
In addition, Daihatsu, a subsidiary of Toyota, has also been exposed to violations such as data falsification during vehicle testing. Daihatsu said that there were 174 violations, including 64 models, and that there were serious problems in product quality inspection, tampering with engine exhaust emission data and vehicle fuel efficiency data.
Toyota in the domestic market has also suffered from the crisis of declining reputation, Toyota has not only lost the trust of consumers in Japan, but also in the Chinese market. So don't think that Toyota is fake overseas and honest in China.
Among them, last year, FAW Toyota's trams were recalled due to false power standards. In accordance with the requirements of the Regulations on the Administration of Recall of Defective Automobile Products and the Implementation Measures of the Regulations on the Recall of Defective Automobile Products, FAW Toyota has filed a recall plan with the State Administration for Market Regulation. Recall some BZ3 electric vehicles manufactured between March 13, 2023 and November 9, 2023, totaling 250,000 units.
FAW Toyota said that the remaining power estimate deviation of the vehicle was too large when the vehicle was not fully charged for many times in a row and continued to drive at high speed, and the remaining power displayed by the instrument was higher than the actual remaining power.
Another point is that FAW Toyota had a very bad impact on the brand image in last year's salesman "mouth spitting" incident. In the online rumor**, the sales staff of the FAW Toyota 4S store in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province shouted at customers who wanted to buy a car in full, "If you don't buy it, get out", "What is the name of buying a car for 100,000 yuan" and other rough language, which caused anger and condemnation from netizens.
I have to say that in recent years, Toyota's counterfeiting incidents have occurred frequently, and the "craftsman spirit" that was once proud of it is indeed a slap in the face now. Some netizens also said that "today's Toyota, some can't afford to play anymore". Indeed, in recent years, Toyota's sales have been hit hard by many new energy vehicles, and Corolla, once the global sales champion, was ended by Tesla in just 5 years for 35 years. So from this point of view, Toyota can really only be in a hurry at this stage, and it is also expected that we will make some improper shortcuts.
Of course, if Toyota wants to continue to stabilize its foothold, it must stabilize its reputation, and then accelerate the pace of research and development of new energy vehicles. If Toyota can really apply hydrogen energy vehicles on a large scale as soon as possible, it may also regain its image in the minds of consumers.