On January 29, Toyota Motor Corporation announced that it would suspend shipments of 10 of its models due to violations in the testing process of diesel engines produced by a company within the group.
According to the news released on Toyota's official website on January 29, the diesel engine produced by Toyota Industries, a subsidiary of the Toyota Group, had irregularities during the testing process, and Toyota decided to suspend the shipment of 10 models, including the Land Cruiser.
A head of Toyota's public relations department said that some of the models involved Hong Kong, but not the Chinese mainland market. In addition, Hino Motors and Mazda, which also use related engines, also announced on the 29th that they will suspend shipments of one model each.
Toyota Industries is the founding company of the Toyota Group, and currently produces complete vehicles and engine and other automotive parts within the group. The company admitted on the 29thThere were three types of diesel engines used in passenger cars that had irregularities during the tests. To make the numbers look better, the amount of fuel injected during the test was manipulated, and the relevant violations date back to around 2017.
In fact, the company was revealed in March last year to have tampered with data during engine tests for forklifts. Yesterday, the head of a third-party agency investigating the company's series of violations pointed out at a press conference that Toyota Industries lacked compliance awareness.
According to Japanese media reports, Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has entered the factory of Toyota Industries today to launch an investigation. Toyota Motor Corporation announced on January 30 that it will suspend production at four plants and six production lines in Japan until Thursday. In fact, in the past two years, Hino, Daihatsu and other companies under the Toyota Group have frequently exposed scandals of violations, resulting in the shutdown of factories and affecting many suppliers.
Some Japanese netizens said that as the most representative manufacturing company in Japan, Toyota Group has been frequently exposed to violations, which is unbelievable.
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