Regulation & Safety

Toyota suspends more car shipments as new testing scandal emerges; Honda, Mazda, others also implicated in 'fraudulent acts'

Akio Toyoda
Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda, seen here at a June 3 news conference in Tokyo, apologized for the Japanese carmaker’s latest revelations about inappropriate safety tests. (HANS GREIMEL)
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June 03, 2024 09:33 AM

TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp., still reeling from a rash of misconduct at group companies, is embroiled in a new scandal and will halt sales of three models in the home market after the automaker found that it had conducted inadequate vehicle verification, including for safety tests.

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