Toyota Motor Corp. revealed that a fraudulent vehicle inspection was being conducted at a store in Tokyo that handles the luxury car brand Lexus.

It is said that the cause is a chronic shortage of personnel, and in the future, we will urgently take measures to prevent recurrence, such as increasing the number of mechanics.

Toyota Motor Corporation and its affiliated sales company Toyota Mobility Tokyo held an online meeting on the 20th, revealing that a fraudulent vehicle inspection was being conducted at the Lexus Takanawa store in Minato-ku, Tokyo.



In the two years up to last month, there were 565 units because they did not carry out the required inspections or rewrote the values ​​so that they did not meet the standards.



It was discovered after being pointed out by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and the company attributed it to the chronic shortage of personnel despite the increase in the amount of vehicle inspection work.



It is our policy to re-inspect vehicles that have been illegally inspected free of charge.

"Netz Toyota Aichi" Aichi Toyohashi store also found illegal vehicle inspection

At Toyota, fraudulent vehicle inspections have also been discovered at stores in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, of its affiliated sales company, Netz Toyota Aichi.



In the future, we will increase the number of mechanics and urgently take measures to prevent recurrence, such as introducing equipment that makes work more efficient.



Seiichi Sekishima, President of Toyota Mobility Tokyo, apologized, "I am deeply apologized for not being able to do so, despite being a government-licensed business operator and in a responsible position."

Instruct all dealers to confirm fraud Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Following the fraudulent vehicle inspections conducted at the stores of Toyota Mobility Tokyo, a sales company affiliated with Toyota Motor Corporation, the Kanto Transport Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has announced that all stores of the company in Tokyo have similar locations. I instructed him to check immediately for any fraud.



According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, we usually request detailed reports only from stores that have been fraudulent, but for Toyota affiliated dealers, fraudulent vehicle inspections were repeatedly conducted at stores in Aichi Prefecture in March. Since there have been a series of frauds such as canceling the designation of the designated automobile maintenance business, all stores were instructed to confirm.