Japan Orders "Drastic Reforms" For Toyota After Certification Violations

The Japanese government has ordered Toyota Motor to make “drastic reforms” after discovering new violations in the automaker’s vehicle certification procedures, Reuters reported.

The Transport Ministry said on-site inspections had uncovered widespread, intentional misconduct and irregularities in seven additional models that had not been previously disclosed. I Photo: Rs1421 Wikimedia Commons

In a corrective order, the Transport Ministry said on-site inspections had uncovered widespread, intentional misconduct and irregularities in seven additional models that had not been previously disclosed.

Toyota stated that the corrective order instructed it to “make drastic reforms to ensure appropriate certification operations.”

The automaker added that it was in the process of confirming compliance with requirements for the models involved and that customers did not need to stop using the affected vehicles, as CNN also reported.

In July, Toyota said it had not found any new cases of wrongdoing in car model certification applications beyond the ones it had already reported in June.

Toyota and four other vehicle makers admitted in June that they had submitted either flawed or manipulated data when applying for certification of vehicles.

Toyota’s wrongdoing involved three production models—the Corolla Fielder, Corolla Axio, and Yaris Cross—and discontinued versions of four other models, including one sold under the luxury Lexus brand.