Mazda Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. also apologized Monday for improper testing.
TOKYO — Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda apologized Monday for massive cheating on certification tests for seven vehicle models as the automaker suspended production of three of them. The wide-ranging faulty testing at Japan ’s top automaker involved the use of inadequate or outdated data in collision tests and incorrect testing of airbag inflation and rear-seat damage in crashes. Engine power tests also were found to have been falsified. Toyota Motor Corp.
Toyota suspends sales of Raize hybrids after improper crash tests at Daihatsu subsidiary Shinji Miyamoto, a Toyota executive overseeing customer satisfaction, said Toyota began looking into its own tests following the problems at the group companies.
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