Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., an automobile manufacturer, has notified the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of a recall of 620,000 vehicles, saying that it has found a problem that could cause a sudden sudden deceleration in 10 models such as the Hijet.
The recall targets 10 models, including Daihatsu's Hijet and Hijet trucks, and the Pixis van manufactured by Daihatsu and sold by Toyota. Manufactured from August 2014 to November last year. It is about 624,000 units.
According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the content of the problem is that there is a risk of oil leaking in the parts of the device that automatically switches gears, and even if an oil leak occurs, the computer program is inappropriate and cannot be detected correctly.
In the worst case, if you continue to use it as it is, you may unintentionally switch to a low speed gear and decelerate.
Due to this problem, in June last year, there was one property damage accident in which a vehicle suddenly slowed down and slipped on a highway in Shizuoka prefecture and hit a guardrail, and 34 cases that did not lead to an accident were reported nationwide. It means that there is.
From the 29th, Daihatsu will notify the target people by direct mail etc. and will repair it free of charge at dealers nationwide.