Toyota — the world's biggest car manufacturer by volume — has admitted incorrect testing airbag inflation and crash damage, with probes also underway into fuel efficiency and emissions data.
Toyota 's chairman has apologised for the faults, with manufacturing and export now suspended for several models made by Toyota , Mazda , Yamaha and Honda .Some of the world's biggest auto manufacturers have admitted incorrectly handling safety testing on several vehicles over the past decade.
"We sincerely apologise," Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda said, bowing deeply at a news conference in Tokyo. A Japanese government investigation into Toyota began in January, with the problems not extending to the company's overseas production.Monday's developments are also likely to heighten focus on Toyota's annual general meeting later this month.
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