Has Nissan been exposed to improper production of flawed Japanese products?

As an important part of the global automotive industry, Japan has always been known for its excellent production. However, the issue of Japanese companies that have been continuously exposed in recent years has caused a fall of public opinion. Mitsubishi's product quality problems have caused its declining performance in China and even in the global market. Takada's influence has continued after it declared bankruptcy, and this month detonated the Kobe system of the global automobile production market. The just-conceived incident also caused the industry to suffer a bit, and Nissan has also been exposed for misconduct in production recently. It cannot help but question whether the Japanese products still trust it.

Daily production was exposed to improper production

Reuters reported that Nissan was exposed in its large-scale improper production activities at its Japanese plant, and related sources revealed on Wednesday that Nissan recently organized several uncertified car inspections.

In the past three years, Nissan was forced to recall a total of 1.2 million new cars in the country because it was discovered that the last vehicle inspection program was not completed by qualified technical personnel.

Persons who are unwilling to disclose their identities disclose that for the latest production misconduct, the Nissan Body Group’s Shonan factory has launched an internal investigation. It is reported that vehicle inspections conducted by technicians who did not have qualification certificates continued until October 11.

Japan Sankei Shimbun reported that there are about 3,800 vehicles involved in improper production, but Nissan believes that the relevant vehicles meet the safety standards, so no recall will be issued. Nissan spokesman did not respond to this in a timely manner. At the press conference held on October 2nd, Niro CEO Hiroto Saikawa said that from September 20th, only qualified technicians participated in the inspection.

Japan’s land, infrastructure, and transportation departments have also launched investigations into Nissan’s factories. The investigation found that the technical personnel holding the qualification certificate did not appear in the relevant documents of the last vehicle inspection procedure, but was completed by those who did not have the qualification certificate. The authorities also asked Nissan to introduce relevant measures before the end of the month to prevent such incidents from happening again.

Takada Airbag Incident: Affecting the World Continues

Takata was established in 1933. At first it was only a family-run enterprise that operated industrial textiles. Since 1987, it began to produce airbags and became the world’s second-largest manufacturer of safety products during its peak period. According to reports, Takata has a market share of about 20% in the global airbag and seat belt market.

The replacement of defective Takata airbag airbags began around 2008 and involved approximately 100 million airbags worldwide, making it one of the largest bankruptcy cases in Japan. Takata is facing tens of billions of dollars in airbag recycling costs and debt. According to relevant statistics, Takata’s airbags caused at least 17 deaths worldwide and more than 180 injuries. The recalls will continue until at least 2019.

On June 26, 2017, Takada officially filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan. Due to airbag problems, Takada’s total liabilities exceeded 1 trillion yen (approximately RMB 61.45 billion) and will apply for bridge loans to various financial institutions including Sumitomo Mitsui Banking.

In China, the Takada airbag problem involved 37 automobile companies and involved more than 20 million vehicles. In September, Volkswagen, General Motors and Honda finally announced the recall of Takata Airbags. On the 14th of this month, Volkswagen announced that it had recalled 4,860,029 vehicles for assembling Takata's airbags. This is the largest number of recalls in the domestic recall market. On the following day, GM announced that it had recalled 2,515,841 cars for the same reason, and Honda announced the recall of 245101. In September, a total of 7,648,675 vehicles were recalled due to Takada airbags.

Kobe Seiki: Spread over 200 companies

On October 8, Kobe Steel, Japan’s third-largest steel manufacturer, formally acknowledged that it has permanently altered some of the strength parameters of aluminum and copper steel products and turned products that do not meet customer standards into the “standard” supply market. The products involved include: There are 19,300 tons of aluminum parts, 2,200 tons of copper products and 19,400 aluminum forgings, accounting for about 4% of the annual sales of aluminum and copper. The incident affected as many as 200 Japanese companies and involved aviation, automotive, and space rockets.

Japanese auto makers such as Toyota, Nissan and Mazda have conducted investigations to confirm whether products such as aluminum, copper and steel products provided by Kobe Steel will affect the safety of their vehicles. Toyota said that the consequences of the problem are very serious and pointed out that the materials provided by Kobe Steel are mostly used in the hood, rear doors and the outer area of ​​vehicles.

According to the Kobe Steel Institute, the company’s internal investigation in August this year found that product existence data was altered (falsified) from September 2016 to August 2017, but it was not disclosed to the public. At present, there are no reports that the batch of "problem materials" will affect the safety of vehicles.

Kobe Steel Institute is making great efforts to expand the application research and development of aluminum materials. As the demand for light weight increases gradually, the demand for aluminum materials continues to increase. However, the exposure of data fraud scandals is tantamount to giving major car companies a heavy blow.

Mitsubishi Series Scandal: Discharge of False Parts Failure

On April 20, 2016, Mitsubishi Motors President Takuya Aikawa acknowledged that there was improper behavior in the fuel consumption test, leading to better fuel economy test results than the actual situation, involving approximately 625,000 vehicles; particularly interesting is that Mitsubishi The fuel consumption fraud started back in 1991."

According to the former general manager of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, Timothy Hohiko, before he became general manager in November 1997, the company did not have a system for reporting vehicle quality problems. It was not until June 2, 2004 that Mitsubishi Motors Corporation publicly admitted that in the past few years the company has discovered more cases of concealing technical defects. Some of these defects have been artificially concealed for 11 years.

Mitsubishi said on April 26, 2016 that it has been submitting non-conforming data to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism since 1991. Prior to this, the company admitted that such violations can be traced back to at least 2002.

Ryugo Nakao, executive vice president of Mitsubishi Motors, said that Japanese regulators changed the rules in 1991 to require automakers to adopt test methods that better reflect the driving conditions of urban roads, but Mitsubishi Motors did not comply with this rule. Provisions. He stated that Mitsubishi Motors had repeatedly raised its internal fuel economy target during the development of the affected models, which may have put pressure on R&D personnel and forced them to falsely report the vehicle's fuel economy data.

17 years ago, “A Mitsubishi Pajero in Hunan Province caused a vehicle accident due to a broken brake that caused the vehicle to run out of control and crashed into a roadside pedestrian, causing the owner to die on the spot and being hit by a first-degree disability.” “Years of Yunnan, Guizhou, and other places have also caused Pajero to brake. "System failures lead to car crashes" and other news is common in all kinds of media.

At the time, the AQSIQ received complaints about the failure of Mitsubishi Pajero's brakes. After careful investigation, it was confirmed that the “brake tubing fixed on the rear axle and the brake-sensitive load-carrying valve fixed on the body collided with the vehicle. And friction, will lead to brake pipe wear perforation, brake fluid leakage, resulting in brake failure."

Mitsubishi Motors refused to admit that it was Pajero's own problem. Mitsubishi Motors denied the media and consumers' suspicions and even claimed that the accident vehicle was an SKD semi-assembled vehicle, not a real Pajero. Mitsubishi Motors had no choice but to apologize for the incident after the failure of the brakes in Japan, and to replace the oil pipe for all Pajero.

In addition, according to a Japanese police investigation, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation has systematically concealed the quality problems of the parts of its clutch system manufactured by Mitsubishi Fuso Motors Co., Ltd., and has not reported to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport in accordance with the relevant laws, nor has it taken the recall of problematic vehicles. Maintenance and other necessary measures led to the death of a 39-year-old driver from Kagoshima in October 2002 due to a major traffic accident involving the quality of truck clutch systems. At that time, due to a defect in the clutch shell, the drive shaft was disengaged from the body and the truck lost control of the wall.

After the accident, Mitsubishi Motors submitted a report to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Japan, trying to make clear the culpability, saying that the tire was lost due to the owner’s “poor maintenance”. In March 2004, before the report of the government expert panel, Mitsubishi Motors had to admit that there were flaws in the design of the wheel hubs, which could lead to accidents. Since then, Mitsubishi Motors has recalled about 220,000 problem vehicles for free maintenance. In the same year, Utsumi Takashi resigned as Chairman of Mitsubishi Fuso Corporation. On May 6, 2004, Mitsubishi Motors President and CEO Ichiro Okazaki publicly apologized to the public and relatives of the victims of the accident.

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