Toyota small car maker Daihatsu shuts down Japan factories – NBC Bay Area
Daihatsu, a unit of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp., has shut down production lines while Japanese officials investigate improper tests
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Daihatsu, a unit of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp., has shut down production lines while Japanese officials investigate improper tests
RYUO, Shiga Prefecture--Embattled Daihatsu Motor Co. halted domestic vehicle assembly plants after admitting decades of fraudulent certification tests, alarming the municipalities, suppliers and workers that rely on the automaker as a lifeline.
The Toyota-owned company has shut its plants in Shiga, Kyoto and Oita prefectures as well as at its headquarters in Osaka. The production halt is expected to hand a major blow to local economies.
TOKYO (AP) — Daihatsu, a unit of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp, has shut down production lines at all its four factories in Japan while transport ministry officials investigate improper tests for safety certifications. The shutdown as of Tuesday comes a week after Daihatsu Motor Co announced it was suspending all vehicle shipments in and […]
The Japanese carmaker admitted it had falsified safety tests for many of its vehicles.