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Daihatsu, the Japanese automaker owned by Toyota, has halted domestic production after admitting it forged the results of safety tests for its vehicles for more than 30 years.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

List of affected models: https://www.daihatsu.com/news/2023/20231220-4_1.pdf

It's not just affecting Daihatsu and Toyota models, but also some Subaru and Mazda models. It's mostly compact / cheap vehicles though, if you drive an SUV chance that it's not affected.

I wonder why they felt the need to cheat the safety tests though, it's not like people buying these cheap super compact vehicles for their safety.