Toyota-owned automaker halts Japan production after admitting it tampered with safety tests for 30 years

Reverendender , 5 months ago

I got ⅔ of the way through the article, then I was like wait I drive a Toyota!

Granixo , 5 months ago

It’s Daihatsu we’re talking about.

Would you EVER feel safe inside a Daihatsu?

epyon22 , 5 months ago

I don’t think there was, but we’re there any models sold in the US? If any most likely under Toyota brand.

autotldr Bot , 5 months ago

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Daihatsu, the Japanese automaker owned by Toyota, has halted domestic production after admitting it forged the results of safety tests for its vehicles for more than 30 years.

The brand, best known for manufacturing small passenger cars, has stopped output at all four of its Japanese factories as of Tuesday, including one at its headquarters in Osaka, a spokesperson told CNN.

Last week, Daihatsu announced an independent third-party committee had found evidence of tampering with safety tests on as many as 64 vehicle models, including those sold under the Toyota brand.

The scandal is another blow to the automaker, which had admitted in April to violating standards on crash tests on more than 88,000 cars, mostly sold under the Toyota brand in countries such as Malaysia and Thailand.

In that case, “the inside lining of the front seat door was improperly modified” for some checks, while Daihatsu did not comply with regulatory requirements for certain side collision tests, it said in a statement at the time.

According to a report released last Wednesday by the investigative committee, 174 more cases were found of Daihatsu manipulating data, making false statements or improperly tinkering with vehicles to pass safety certification tests.

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