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Nissan, Japan's second-largest car manufacturer , has shocked a vehicle security inspection scandal: The final inspection of new cars has often been completed by apprentice inspectors for decades, and the 38-year quality inspections have all been refilled!
Japan's ZF stated that it "will take this matter seriously" and will study response measures including criminal reports
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On November 17, the person in charge of Nissan Motor submitted an investigation report to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan, summarizing the reasons and countermeasures for the "non-qualification inspection" of new cars
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The report shows that the six factories of the company use unlicensed security personnel to carry out the security inspection of new cars leaving the factory, and then qualified personnel will pass the customs with a stamp
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[ Quality Inspection Scandal ]
- Nissan that due to the shortage of inspectors, the factory foreman apprentice disguised as a qualified inspector Lanyu filled up , avoid violations is to come to inspect the regulators found that this practice violated local regulations
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- on the end of the training exam, even the answer along with papers issued to the candidates
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- slow down the production plant in Japan before enough inspectors in place
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The report also mentioned that improper quality control become a common phenomenon in the 1990s, but can be traced back to 38 years ago (1979)
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It is reported that Nissan currently has 536 qualified quality inspectors.
According to the current production speed, the company needs about 380 quality inspectors
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However, Nissan said that the current staff is still insufficient, because some quality inspectors hold multiple jobs in the factory, and some are nearing retirement
On September 18 this year, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan discovered internal fraud during an inspection of Nissan's factory, but after pointing out the problem, Nissan still let unqualified personnel serve as quality inspectors
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On October 19, Nissan Motor Company announced that it will stop selling Nissan cars in Japan and stop shipments to all six domestic vehicle plants
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On the 20th, Nissan has stopped shipping to Japan, and the suspension time is expected to be 2 weeks
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The impact of the scandal is not limited to Nissan, but also affects its customers and subcontractors
Currently, Nissan has recalled 1.
16 million cars were ordered re-examination, the decision to recall a night Nissan sales plunged in October parts of total sales 43% less than the previous year, the estimated loss suffered no less than 25 billion Japanese Yuan (about 300 million Singapore dollars)
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It is not only Nissan that has this problem in Japan.
Another Japanese car manufacturer, Subaru, is also on the blacklist.
The company has recalled 255,000 vehicles at the end of last month
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[ Crisis of Confidence in " Made in Japan" ]
April 20, 2016, Mitsubishi Motors , Japan : Its company president Tetsuro Aikawa held a press conference to admit that the company has four mini-cars that violated regulations in the fuel economy test, involving a total of 625,000 vehicles
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May 18, 2016, Japan Suzuki Motor: It was revealed that there was a suspicion of revising the fuel efficiency data
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Subsequently, Suzuki Motor Company admitted that the company has started to conduct fuel efficiency testing in violation of national regulations since 2010, involving 16 models including "Alto" and other mini-cars and small cars, totaling 2.
On October 8, 2017, Kobe Steel , the third largest steel company in Japan , admitted to tampering with the technical data of some products and delivering them to customers as shoddy products
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By tampering with performance data such as the strength of some aluminum and copper products, the company provides substandard products to manufacturers in many fields such as automobiles, airplanes, military industries, and high-speed trains
Some Japanese reports revealed that criticism of the imperfect system of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Japan was one of the reasons for the "security scandal
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" In response, the Japanese authorities are stepping up changes to the system and are preparing to introduce stricter penalties to ensure that the Japanese auto industry will not cut corners on security checks
"Safety and peace of mind" has always been the motto of Japanese companies, but one after another scandals of fraud by Japanese companies have seriously damaged the credibility of this manufacturing kingdom
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Some netizens said that Japanese cars are not good except for engines.
