The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has revealed that Toyota Industries has recently received a report from the company that fraud has been confirmed in the four types of engines it currently produces. I made it. The company has ordered the suspension of engine shipments until compliance with the standards has been confirmed, and an on-site inspection of the company will be conducted from the 30th.
Last year, it was revealed that Toyota Industries had cheated in national exhaust gas performance tests for four types of engines installed in forklifts and other vehicles that were in production at the time.
According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the company subsequently investigated and received a report on the 29th that fraud had been confirmed in four other types of engines currently in production.
The newly confirmed fraud is related to the exhaust gas performance test of one type of forklift engine and the output test of three types of automobile engines, bringing the number of engines in which fraud has been confirmed to eight in total. Ta.
For this reason, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has ordered the suspension of shipments of currently produced engines until compliance with the standards is confirmed.
Additionally, there was a report that one type of engine for construction machinery that was discovered to be fraudulent last year did not meet national standards, and the company has ordered a recall of machinery equipped with this engine.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will conduct an on-site inspection of the company from the 30th to confirm the facts.