Daihatsu announced today that it will temporarily suspend shipments of all vehicles it developed that are currently being produced in Japan as well as overseas markets. This comes after the automaker submitted a report by an independent panel to Japan’s ministry of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism (MLIT) as well as ministry of economy, trade and industry (METI).
The independent panel had been investigating a scandal over the rigging of safety tests by Daihatsu, which was brought to light in April this year. At the time, the company admitted “wrongdoings” in particular crash safety tests done for regulatory approval applications for four models. Over 88,000 units were affected, with the focus point being door trim that did not meet safety standards in a side impact test
Later in May, Daihatsu announced it had found irregularities in the certification procedures for the side impact collision tests involving the hybrid versions of the Daihatsu Rocky and Toyota Raize. With the aforementioned report now out, the company says it has found even more irregularities in its certification applications.
In an official press release (translated from Japanese), the company said, “as a result of the investigation, in addition to the door trim fraud in April and the pole side collision test fraud in May, it was discovered that there were 174 new irregularities in 25 test items.”
The company confirmed that 64 models and three engines are affected, including those currently in production or development as well as discontinued ones. The range of affected models cover those sold under the Daihatsu brand and those supplied on an OEM basis to Toyota, Mazda and Subaru.
A list of said models accompanying the release included several Perodua cars, namely the first-generation Axia, second-generation Axia, Aruz, second-generation Alza, Ativa, Myvi and Bezza. Toyota models listed of relevance to our market are the Rush, Vios and Veloz.
The root cause of the fraud, according to the independent panel, was “a management problem that promoted short-term development without taking measures to deal with the fraud,” read the release.
It continues: “The background to this fraud is that the management team did not fully grasp the actual situation on the ground, and only responded on an ad hoc basis. We believe that the burden has been overlooked and we have left an environment where workers are unable to speak up when they have a problem.”
“We deeply apologise for betraying the trust of our customers and other stakeholders, and for causing them great inconvenience and concern,” Daihatsu said in its release.
It went on to say, “going forward, based on the recommendations of the third-party committee, we will take thorough measures to prevent recurrence, and will not only review our certification operations, but also work on fundamental reforms to our corporate culture that prioritise compliance awareness.”
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goodbye, milo tins.
pay peanuts=get monkeys!
Abeslaa Sime Darby perodua…
Mercedes also not good
Mercedes is far better than Daihatsu, go buy a Mercedes and you will understand
Purposely waited P2 deliverying their 314K 2023 target only release this news. StoooooopiGGG
Recalling these cars to exchange new ones!!!!!
PERODUA 1st-generation Axia, 2nd-generation Axia, Aruz, 2nd-generation Alza, Ativa, Myvi and Bezza.
TOYOTA Rush, Yaris, Vios and Veloz.
This is madness… How they going to amend the safety???
Kes kereta proton terbakar dh siasat blom?
Blom ingatkan org mesia mudah lupa
orang cakap pasal perodua duk bising psl proton haha.. kes terbakar tu dah settle lama dah..
More like Mercedes where always have to recall so many times this year
Buy Audi or Porsche or VW, less problems
Can’t wait for Perodua CEO to assure us all nonsense again that their cars are very safe because their standard of testing is confirm pass in all categories (Wink if you know what I mean).
Habis Perodua, came back to bite them in the a**
At least dare to admit that. minimize the loss is the only choice.
Its not about being ‘dare’ to admit…they have no choice really as the investigation party is independent.
U think they will discover more if they are investigating themself?
Yes understand investigate by third party, before that they already admit misdoing for the test report during Apr.
the thing already happen, is time for them to do something about it. what’s the best choice? immediately stop all the affected model production and do improvement.
Now waiting Perodua to announce what’s their action
no matter how milo tin become. malaysia market still are the No 1 best selling car in malaysia.
only after months… later after more digging maybe all the models under toyota umbrella will be found cheating
German fraudsters, Japanese fraudsters, who’s next
Nothing new. Sending non-production car for Ncap testing when the production car failed to score, tethergate, … we have seen it all in Malaysia.
Billion dollar whale still at large only bossku kesian sorang dalam slammer
Stop P2 sale? Hahaha….
This is malaysia.
You want you buy lah.. or feel free to pay more for other brand.
Dont expect a compensation unless you really died the car.
Consumer doesnt really have choice for cars below rm70k here…
Buy used other brand, ez
P2 car price not that cheap
when KA promotes his bezza here just the make sure more people buy this moving coffins
“The root cause of the fraud, according to the independent panel, was “a management problem that promoted short-term development ….”
This is just an excuse. There is another car company practicing the same but still in business until today and is thriving now … the company even changed hands 2 times in 5 years.
Aduh pedas pedas siapa mengumpat aku ni…..
Don’t worry, boleh land makes the safest cars in the world, always not affected by any recall…
Cant wait for what comedy answer p2 will come out with
No problem with the airbag “notch” at all. I dun buy perodua car except bezza x variant because i dun wan the eco idle and no use of adas.
Toyota should have just nuke the current vios and back to drawing board. Bring TNGA vios to us
Bringing your cars to an authorized SC also takut kena scam nowadays.
Cars for the rakyat the ones affected.
Since it is a safety problem, Perodua should extend the warranty of the cars sold by another 2 years to compensate
for the loss of confidence.
What has safety got to do with warranty? If you meet your maker already, you gonna claim warranty is it? P2 will need to address the safety issues and not give free gifts to cover up and by CEO saying “Semuanya Okay “.
If anyone wants to read Daihatsu’s statement, its here:
https://www.daihatsu.com/news/2023/20231220-4.html
Korean, German, Japanese fraudsters. How will the Perodua owners be compensated ? The government (slim chance)and Perodua owners need to initiate legal proceeding, cannot just let them go similar to the Proton/Mitsubishi auto transmissions, VW dual clutch premature failures. How does our government protect consumer rights ?
Mercedes also have tons of problems
Nurul Izzah
They should redo all the test, all NCAP test result of the respective vehicle should be retested immediately.. or their ncap status be withdrawal.
That’s why I say before buying Geely Proton partner car is smart. Old people say all smart people coming from Mainland they inventing everything and western no shame copy. I already using BYD using Huawei phone also people praise me so follow my step and be smart consumer. Visit my showroom for big discount and I take care of you need. Luck coming to people who think positive and working smart. Let us build partner ship for prosperity and golden fortune for our happiness many generation.
Rubbish
Dear Admin,
Interested to know in details how will the irregularities affect the new Perodua Alza.
Thank you.
Perodua cars were called coffin on two wheels. If there is a Perodua coffin model iDaihatsu would still fake the safety tests. I now worry about Chinese designed cars’ safety…. read Proton.
Perodua cars were called coffin on two wheels. If there is a Perodua coffin model iDaihatsu would still fake the safety tests. I now worry about Chinese designed cars’ safety…. read Proton.
still better than Honda not doing anything about their steering rack issue since 2016
Myvi start sale date mentioned in the table is 2017 November, shouldn’t it be myvi gen 3? Why gen 2?
This scandal had caused me monetary lost, forcing me to sell my Bezza in just 2 yrs thinking it was a safe car ! Guess we still cannot trust safety ratings of local & Japanese crash test results.
Are you high on ketum? Kahkahkah