Daihatsu’s full manufacturing halt, which was introduced on the finish of final month following the fallout from its security take a look at scandal, is ready to go on till subsequent month. Initially, the automaker mentioned it had deliberate to droop operations in any respect its home meeting crops till the tip of January, however the firm has introduced that this can now be prolonged to the center of February.

It mentioned that operations at three of its 4 Japanese factories – specifically the Shiga (Ryuo) Plant No.2, Daihatsu Kyushu‘s Oita (Nakatsu) Plant No.1/Plant No.2 and the Ikeda Plant Copen manufacturing facility – will stay fully suspended till February.

In the meantime, it’s contemplating resuming partial manufacturing at its Oyamazaki Plant in Kyoto. Whereas manufacturing of the Daihatsu Thor, Toyota Roomy and Subaru Justy on the facility won’t resume till at the very least February 16, the agency mentioned that resuming construct of the Toyota Probox and Mazda Familia Van is into consideration, however added it will have in mind buyer suggestions, the preparedness standing of suppliers and different related elements earlier than a call is made on the matter.

The automaker has continued to be hit onerous by the scandal. Final week, it had three car kind approvals (VTAs) revoked by Japan’s ministry of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism (MLIT) final week, and this was adopted by a recall for 322,740 items of the Daihatsu Forged and Toyota Pixis Pleasure for being non-compliant with requirements

The rectification order issued by the MLIT – which carried out its personal investigation into the affair – final week additionally requires Daihatsu to make elementary reforms to its administration, office surroundings and tradition which resulted in “wrongdoings,” particularly crash security checks executed for regulatory approval functions for a number of fashions.

All this can in fact value the automaker dearly. Preliminary estimates had been that the corporate may undergo over 100 billion yen (RM3.2 billion) in losses stemming from the shutdown of its crops in addition to from offering monetary compensation to suppliers, however that was engaged on an end-January timeframe. With the extension, the prices are absolutely to extend.

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