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Subaru Broadens Inspection Recall in Japan
Subaru is expanding its recall of improperly inspected cars sold in Japan to 400,000 units from 255,000.
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Subaru is expanding its recall of improperly inspected cars sold in Japan to 400,000 units from 255,000.
In October Subaru acknowledged that for 30 years non-certified technicians sometimes conducted government-mandated safety inspections of vehicles built at its Gunma facility.
The company discovered the illegal practice after Japan’s transport ministry ordered all domestic carmakers to review their procedures. The request was prompted by the ministry’s discovery in September that Nissan Motor Co. had been following the same practice at five Japanese plants for decades. Nissan has since recalled 1.2 million vehicles to re-inspect them.
Subaru says its callback will cost more than 10 billion yen ($88 million). The safety checks, which are conducted as cars roll off the assembly line, are not required for exported vehicles.
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