Everyone fibs now and then, but it’s probably not on when you do it more than 100,000 times, and not when it involves an item such as braking components on a car. But that’s what Japanese auto parts supplier Akebono Brake Industry did, the company revealing last week that it had found about 114,000 instances of misconduct, some stretching as far back as 2001.
As reported by the Nikkei, these included the falsification of inspection data of brakes and their components. Of the latter, around 5,000 cases failed to clear quality standards the company had agreed with its OEM customers, which included Toyota and Nissan, but these components were delivered on to at least 10 companies.
The company said it inspected about 190,000 pieces of data from regular inspections conducted under agreements with clients, and had found that around 60% of these reports included falsifications. In addition to the false inspection results, there were also instances in which data was fabricated for inspections that were not carried out. The misconduct was found at four of its factories in Japan.
Akebono president Yasuhiro Miyaji apologised for the impropriety, and blamed it partly on infrequent personnel changes in inspections. He however said Akebono does not expect to issue a recall for the components in question. “There are no problems with safety, and we have had automakers confirm this as well,” he stated.
An Akebono spokesperson said that the company inspected these components again and “judged that there were no problems with their performance.”
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Jepunis technology.
Betul. Is obvious now to pick geely Chinas instead
China dream
Japan nightmare
Now I know why Jepunis cars have highest eksiden rate. It wud not be so bad if their bodies not soft like milotin.
Wassup bruh! Baru keluar dari gua yek, kahkakah
Now I see why caveman have extinct.
Oso this looks like will be the next Takata. Those whose loved ones died in Toyota & Nissan cars shud sue them kaw kaw until they bankrap!
some still said japan got highest standard quality. in this era, trust nobody
Don’t forget Denso’s fuel pump cover up.
For Jepunis brands, they are more transparent and doing the recall and replacement, only Perodua is covering up their fuel pump failures by refusing to do a recall.
Some said China companies copies, and Japanese companies cheats …
so go China then.
Someone should make a documentary series on such findings. Would be an interesting show to watch.
As far back as 2001..i wonder how they inspect the components again and claimed there is no problem in its performance. I know certain type of raw material such as chips is kept for a very2 long period of times but unsure about mechanical part.
Toyota says carpet no problem, while falsifying data.
Takata says airbags no problem, while falsifying data.
Toyota exhaust maker says no emission problem, while falsifying data.
Denso says fuel pump no problem, while falsifying data.
You think so easy? Japan got plenty of moolahs to stop any such interest. What with their close knit and highly secretive way of running their corporations it would be impossible to even do an investigative journalism on Japan epic failures. Heck we don’t even have a freaking youtube documentary on Takata airbags!