Daihatsu has suspended all domestic production as the Toyota-owned company faces a major defense scandal.
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Japanese automaker Daihatsu has suspended all domestic production as the Toyota-owned company faces a major scandal similar to safety testing.
The company, which employs about 9,000 people in Japan, has closed the last of its four domestic factories, a Daihatsu spokesman told AFP on Tuesday.
“Production will be suspended through January. We have not been able to assess as to exactly when our domestic production can resume,” the spokesman said.
The move could affect more than 8,000 companies across the country, according to a private research firm.
Last week, the company said it had been tampering with the protection since at least 1989, affecting 64 models, adding some sold under the Toyota brand, which are also suspended.
In April, it said it had falsified the effects of crashes on four of its models, which affected a total of 88,000 vehicles made in Thailand and Malaysia in 2022 and 2023.
In May, it announced the cessation of production in Japan of two models of hybrid vehicles due to “irregularities,” adding the Toyota Raize SUV, made to order by its parent company.
Founded in 1907 to make internal combustion engines, Osaka-based Daihatsu introduced its first three-wheeled vehicle in 1931, before being acquired through Toyota in 1967.
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