Toyota Motor Corp. found an instance of improper crash tests in one of its subsidiary companies and suspended shipments, the company said Friday.
Toyota subsidiary Daihatsu copied the safety test results for a part of the vehicle, instead of performing new tests, according to the company.
It is not clear how the deficiency was initially reported.
In the faulty crash tests, results for a pole used to measure impact on the left side were used for the right, when both sides had to be tested, Daihatsu said.
The improper test affected 56,111 Toyota Raize hybrids and 22,329 Daihatsu Rocky, all sold in Japan and produced by Daihatsu….