Thursday, December 28, 2023

Toyota's Daihatsu subsidiary "halted domestic production after admitting it forged the results of safety tests for its vehicles for more than 30 years"

CNN:

The move comes as Daihatsu grapples with a deepening safety scandal that Toyota says “has shaken the very foundations of the company.”

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.

Guardian:

Issues with falsified crash tests first came to light in April, when the firm admitted it had manipulated data on four models manufactured in Thailand and Malaysia from 2022 until this year.