Reference News Network January 29** According to Taiwan's "** Agency" on January 29**, Japan's Toyota Motor Corporation announced on the 29th that due to irregularities in the certification test process of the diesel engine produced by the group's Toyota Automatic Loom Manufacturing, it was decided to suspend the shipment of 10 models affected.
According to Nikkei Asia, NHK and others, an independent investigation committee composed of lawyers and others announced on the 29th that employees of Toyota Industries Manufacturing Co., Ltd. had violated the rules when testing the horsepower output of three diesel engines manufactured by the company, and used different software to adjust the test results than those used in mass production.
The affected engines are used in 10 models sold by Toyota worldwide. Toyota Motor Corporation has confirmed that the engines of these production models meet the horsepower output test standards, but has decided to suspend shipments of the 10 models.
In addition, Hino Motor Co., Ltd. and Mazda Motor Co., Ltd., each of which use the above engines, will suspend shipments of one model.
Koichi Ito, president of Toyota Industries, held a press conference on the 29th to apologize and said that he would work hard to prevent similar incidents from happening again.
Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. issued a statement apologizing to its customers and all other stakeholders.