The hits keep coming!

[Phil xxkr]

 

This hasn't received much attention other than a 15B hit to Toyota value 

From Fortune magazine 

"Through an internal investigation prompted by a regulator mandate, Toyota found it had not performed safety tests as certification required in five cases related to vehicles including the Crown, Corolla, and the Yaris Cross. In one case involving the Lexus RX, the company had submitted falsified data to meet safety standards and submitted it for certification."

[GSLV6]

.....but according to Lexus UK, this did not effect RX models destined for EU Countries nor the UK.  How can that be given there's no difference to RX models, only to the standards by which each country operates for safety?

The answer it seems is that issues were limited to some "batches"  with the anti collision/BSM equipment and on pedestrian safety testing, so the article wasn't being fully honest as not all vehicles nor vehicle years of those models were affected.  I was assured that all models being imported into the UK are fully compliant and that there is no issues with the electronic safety aids for UK customers.

 

[Phil xxkr]

On 6/13/2024 at 2:49 PM, GSLV6 said:

.....but according to Lexus UK, this did not effect RX models destined for EU Countries nor the UK.  How can that be given there's no difference to RX models, only to the standards by which each country operates for safety?

The answer it seems is that issues were limited to some "batches"  with the anti collision/BSM equipment and on pedestrian safety testing, so the article wasn't being fully honest as not all vehicles nor vehicle years of those models were affected.  I was assured that all models being imported into the UK are fully compliant and that there is no issues with the electronic safety aids for UK customers.

 

But this affected loads of Toyota models hence the huge financial hit. I wonder how much we're actually told? For example United Health Care own PKB being promoted via the NHS. In February in the USA they reported a data breach possibly affecting up to a third of all Americans! But no mention of the UK?