Japan’s Ministry of Transport conducted an on-site inspection of Toyota Industries’ factory in Chubu on Tuesday. This comes a day after the company admitted to manipulating engine output data, resulting in the suspension of some shipments from major automaker Toyota Motor Corporation.
Based on the results, the ministry plans to decide on the severity of administrative sanctions against Toyota Industries, including ordering Toyota Industries to correct its operations and revoking certifications necessary for mass production.
Toyota Motor Corporation announced on Monday that it will suspend shipments of 10 models sold around the world after it was accused of falsifying data on diesel engines manufactured and supplied by Toyota Industries Corporation. The affected vehicles are popular models such as the Land Cruiser 300 series and Hilux.
On January 30, 2024, the day after Toyota Industries admitted that it had manipulated engine torque data for 10 models sold around the world equipped with Toyota Industries’ engines, Ministry of Transport officials and others in Hekinan City, Aichi Prefecture. Enter the Toyota Industries factory. (joint) == joint
According to a report by a third-party committee, Toyota Industries falsified the flow rate flowing into the fuel injection system during engine output tests in order to make the engine’s torque, or crankshaft rotational force, appear higher than it actually was.
The company announced that inspections of all industrial engines currently produced by Toyota Industries revealed data fraud, and that it had suspended shipments of the affected products.
Toyota Motor Corporation was separated from Toyota Industries in the late 1930s, and Toyota Industries remains one of the company’s largest shareholders, holding an 8.82% stake as of the end of September 2023.
Toyota Industries President Koichi Ito held a press conference in Tokyo on Monday, saying it was management’s responsibility for “failing to discover and correct” the long-running fraud, and apologized for the inconvenience caused to customers. I apologized.
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