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.
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.
Do you drive a Daihatsu?
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.
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.
Apparently I don’t.