Toyota-owned automaker halts Japan production after admitting it tampered with safety tests for 30 years | CNN Business
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Daihatsu, the Japanese automaker owned by Toyota, has halted production after admitting it falsified data in safety tests for its vehicles for 30 years.

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.

  • DominusOfMegadeusEnglish
    15•11 months ago

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

      • @AlexstarfireEnglish
        6•11 months ago

        They did make some branded as Toyota, so maybe. I haven’t seen a complete list of affected models. What I have read makes me think the Toyota branded cars weren’t available in the US though.

        • @[email protected]English
          5•11 months ago

          List of affected models: https://www.daihatsu.com/news/2023/20231220-4_1.pdf

          It’s not just affecting Daihatsu and Toyota models, but also some Subaru and Mazda models. It’s mostly compact / cheap vehicles though, if you drive an SUV chance that it’s not affected.

          I wonder why they felt the need to cheat the safety tests though, it’s not like people buying these cheap super compact vehicles for their safety.