Proven Guilty Of Manipulating Diesel Machine Certification, Japanese Government Will Take Strict Action On Toyota

Toyota Land Cruiser 300. (Doc. Global Toyota)

JAKARTA - At the end of January, Toyota again faced problems related to errors in its diesel engine certification, as stated by Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO).

In the follow-up to the case, Japan's Ministry of Transport is preparing to take regulatory action as soon as possible this month, following the discovery of fraud.

Reporting from Nikkei Asia, Thursday, February 22, regulators are expected to give orders to companies that produce machinery, batteries and other industrial equipment to take preventive measures to prevent this kind of violation from recurring.

The move does not only apply to the Toyota brand, but also to other Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) subsidiaries, such as Hino Motors and Daihatsu Motor.

In addition to considering the lifting of the excavator machine certification made by Toyota Industries, the Ministry is also preparing similar actions against two very serious forklift engine models.

Ten vehicles worldwide, including six of them from Japan, are reportedly using this problematic engine. The manufacturer confirmed that the affected engines and vehicles still meet machine performance output standards.

There are three types of machines affected, ranging from 1GD used in the Land Cruiser Prado, HiAce, Hino Dyna, Hilux, to Fortuner models produced by Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (TMMIN).

Furthermore, 2GD-type engines were also affected, used on Hilux and Innova models, while the affected F33A was used on Land Cruiser 300 and Lexus LX500d cars.