Toyota unit Daihatsu to suspend shipments of all models over safety issues

Daihatsu Motors' logos are pictured at the 45th Tokyo Motor Show in Tokyo, Japan October 25, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/file photo

KUALA LUMPUR: Toyota Motor Corporation’s unit Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd has decided to temporarily suspend shipments of all Daihatsu-developed models currently in production, both in Japan and overseas following findings of new irregularities.

The group said Daihatsu had commissioned an investigation by an independent third-party committee regarding procedural irregularities and found new irregularities in 174 items within 25 test categories, in addition to the door lining irregularity in April and the side collision test irregularity in May.