Further Data Falsification Found At Hino Motors
A data-falsification scandal at Hino Motors has widened.
Officials at the Japanese truck and bus maker confirmed that government inspectors have found that the misconduct included a model of small truck.
Hino has responded to the latest findings by stopping domestic shipments of the model. That means almost all of the company's models are no longer being shipped due to the scandal.
The transport ministry has found that Hino had been applying for certification for the trucks' small-sized engines without carrying out the required number of emissions tests.
Shipments of the Dutro model were suspended from Monday. The automaker says the falsification affects about 76,000 trucks sold since 2019.
Hino had already stopped shipments of models of medium-sized and large trucks due to the scandal.
Hino had been falsifying emissions and fuel economy data on certain types of engines for at least the last 20 years. Earlier this month, the transport ministry launched on-site inspections at Hino facilities.
The automaker is a unit of Toyota Motor. The parent is also affected by the scandal, as it outsources the production of the Dyna model of small truck to Hino.
Toyota suspended shipments of that model from Monday.