Mitsubishi offices raided over fuel economy scandal

Japanese officials have raided a Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) office following the automaker’s admission that it had manipulated fuel consumption test data on four mini-car models to present better fuel economy figures than that achieved.

According to news reports, officials from the country’s transport ministry raided the automaker’s plant in Okazaki yesterday, and proceedings are expected to continue today. Saying Mitsubishi had broken the trust of consumers, the Japanese government stated it was treating the issue as an extremely serious case, and has set an April 27 deadline for the automaker to submit a full report on the matter.

On Wednesday, the company announced that fuel consumption tests had been improperly conducted on the Mitsubishi eK Wagon and eK Space as well as the Nissan Dayz and Dayz Roox, which it has been manufacturing and supplying to Nissan since June 2013.

More than half a million cars are involved in the fiasco – MMC said that up until March this year, it has sold 157,000 units of the eK Wagon and eK Space and supplied 468,000 units of the Dayz and Dayz Roox to Nissan. Mitsubishi said that since it developed the applicable cars and was responsible for obtaining the relevant certification for them, it was the party that conducted the testing.

It’s not the first time MMC has been involved in a scandal, but it’s the first time a Japanese automaker has admitted to misconduct involving fuel economy tests. About a decade ago, the automaker almost came to the brink of collapse following a defects scandal, in which it emerged it had been systematically covering up problems and issues over decades.

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Comments

  • james on Apr 22, 2016 at 11:16 am

    Volkswagen says: “Welcome on board”

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    • Same L00 on Apr 22, 2016 at 2:09 pm

      That’s why Proton has no office in Japan. They will be raided weekly for misleading marketing information.

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  • Kancil Hybrid on Apr 22, 2016 at 11:54 am

    Hi.. Can u raid 1MDB office too?

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    • Raid there no use. Takde bukti. Raid Png State Gov better. Semua bukti ada (provided he din burn them 1st)

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  • If P1 were still associated with Mitsu, bash count wud reach over 9000.

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    • John is otak batu on Apr 22, 2016 at 10:43 pm

      Don’t forget the power windows of saga/iswara and wira models were originally designed by Mitsubishi.

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      • Warren Wong Yee Ket on Apr 23, 2016 at 8:34 am

        So? Mine never gave me any problems throughout its 12 years of serving me.

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  • Heaven on Apr 22, 2016 at 1:46 pm

    No surprises here. Its about time. This is a company that not only supplied but also organized inhuman chemical weapons laboratory experiments on live Korean and Chinese prisoners during WW2 but was never held accountable for due to deceits and money politics.

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    • Amriji on Apr 22, 2016 at 6:35 pm

      So does BMW who built the technology behind the German Luftwaffe during WW2 who bombed, killed and maimed millions of innocent people.

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  • jolly_idiot on Apr 22, 2016 at 2:02 pm

    good job. cheating is a trend now.

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  • Samang on Apr 24, 2016 at 7:19 am

    Better check, your 2 hp mitsubishi air cond maybe 1.5 hp only.

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  • Kuda bosan on Apr 24, 2016 at 11:41 am

    Congrats …. owners….. get ready to get a refund… start making noise now…..

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