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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Toyota subsidiary Daihatsu said yesterday that it will suspend shipments of all car models in Japan and abroad, following news it had rigged safety tests. The announcement came after an independent panel also found the malpractice dated back to 1989, when the oldest instance was confirmed and reports said the firm faced on-site inspections by government officials.<\/p>\n

Toyota, the world\u2019s biggest carmaker, expressed its \u201csincere apologies\u201d over the issue, and said it would carry out \u201ca fundamental reform\u201d. The panel was set up earlier this year to probe a safety scandal which emerged in April. The investigation \u201cfound new irregularities in 174 items within 25 test categories\u201d, in addition to wrongdoing previously detected in April and May involving door parts and side-collision tests, Toyota said.<\/p>\n

With certification being a \u201cmajor prerequisite\u201d for an automobile manufacturer to conduct business, \u201cour misconduct that surfaced this time amounts to disregard\u201d of that very process, Daihatsu president Soichiro Okudaira told reporters, before bowing deeply to apologise. In a statement, Toyota also recognised the \u201cextreme gravity\u201d of Daihatsu\u2019s neglect, which has \u201cshaken the very foundations of the company as an automobile manufacturer\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cDaihatsu decided today (yesterday) to temporarily suspend shipments of all Daihatsu-developed models currently in production, both in Japan and overseas,\u201d the auto titan said in a statement. The panel of outside experts attributed the decades-long irregularities in part to \u201can excessively tight and rigid development schedule\u201d.<\/p>\n

Daihatsu employees were \u201cexposed to the intense pressure to pass crash tests on their first attempt\u201d to minimise the number of vehicles destroyed and thereby \u201creduce costs\u201d, committee chair Makoto Kaiami told reporters. \u201c\u2019No failure can be forgiven\u2019 — that was the kind of mindset,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

With the latest findings, the number of car models linked to wrongdoing now totals 64, including some sold under the Toyota brand, which will also be suspended. The firms said it was unaware of any accidents that have arisen from the falsification, but \u201cthorough technical verification\u201d was underway.<\/p>\n

Public broadcaster NHK reported that Japan\u2019s transport ministry will conduct an on-site inspection of Daihatsu today. The independent panel also blamed Daihatsu\u2019s misconduct on the lack of expertise by managers, and its opaque work environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if irregularities or deceptions were committed, they would not be detected,\u201d the report said. In April, Daihatsu admitted falsifying crash test results for four of its models, involving a total of 88 000 vehicles manufactured in Thailand and Malaysia in 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n

Then in May, it announced it was halting production in Japan of two hybrid vehicle models because of similar \u201cirregularities\u201d, including the Toyota Raize SUV, manufactured on behalf of its parent company. \u201cWe believe in order to prevent recurrence, in addition to a review of certification operations, fundamental reform is needed to revitalise Daihatsu as a company,\u201d Toyota said.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1907 to manufacture internal combustion engines, Osaka-based Daihatsu launched its first three-wheeled vehicle in 1931, before being taken over by Toyota in 1967.<\/p>\n

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