Nissan to suspend production as it grapples with fallout from quality test scandal
Tokyo — Nissan will suspend all local car production for Japan from Thursday for about two weeks as the company’s fallout from a lapse in vehicle quality inspection worsens.A production suspension was needed to reconfigure final inspection lines, the company said in a statement. The car maker would also increase the number of final inspectors, CEO Hiroto Saikawa said at a press conference at its Yokohama headquarters Thursday.A third-party team investigating vehicle inspection lapses found that some plants transferred final vehicle inspection check items from the final vehicle inspection line to other lines, and as a result employees who were not internally registered as final vehicle inspectors performed the last vehicle inspections, Nissan said.Nissan is calling back 1.16-million cars made and sold in Japan between January 2014 and September 2017 for inspection, after the government found uncertified inspectors approved vehicle quality at its domestic plants. The incident, likely ...
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