Following the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's order to suspend shipments of automobile engines due to fraud in obtaining certification for engines produced by Toyota Industries, Toyota Motor Corporation will suspend production lines at its two automobile factories on the 4th of next month. I decided to restart it.
This will restart production at all factories that have stopped.
Toyota Industries, a member of the Toyota Motor Corporation group, was found to have violated the output tests required for certification procedures in three automotive engine models, and on the 29th of last month, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism ordered the suspension of shipments of the engines in which the irregularities were found. .
Toyota Motor Corporation, which receives engine supplies, temporarily suspended six production lines at four factories in Japan, and although some operations resumed on the 13th of this month, two production lines at two factories in Mie and Gifu prefectures were temporarily suspended. is still stopped.
Regarding this issue, on the 27th, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism lifted the order to suspend shipments, stating that it had confirmed that the automobile engine complied with the standards.
In response to this, Toyota has decided to restart production lines that have been suspended from the 4th of next month.
This will restart production at all factories that have stopped.
This factory shutdown affected not only the Land Cruiser 300 and Hiace, but also the Alphard, which is produced at the same factory.