The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has been found more wrongdoings related to the Hino Motors engine emissions certification fraud, on top of previously announced offenses on 4 March and 2 August 2022, Hino-owner Toyota Motor said this morning in Japan.
The added “facts following were found in the emission performance deterioration endurance tests conducted by Hino on all of the company’s vehicle engine models subject to the 2016 emission regulations in Japan.” Thus the embarrassing anti-environmental aspects of the cheating scandal are still expanding. (AutoInformed: Toyota Motor FY Q1 Profit Drop Spooks Market)
MITI Findings
- At some measurement points, the number of emission gas measurements was insufficient when two or more measurements were required.
- The deterioration correction values were calculated based on data from a single measurement, whereas these figures need to be calculated based on data of multiple measurements.
Impact on Toyota vehicles and the company’s actions
The engine models subject to the bad behaviors identified this time include the 4-liter diesel engine model ‘N04C (with HC-SCR system)’, for which no wrongdoings have been confirmed so far. This engine model is used in the following Toyota vehicles listed below, which are OEM-supplied vehicle models by Hino.
Hino Motors Hamura Plant
- Vehicle model: 2-ton “Dyna” and “Toyoace”* (Cargo, Dump. Also sold as Hilux in some markets)
- Production period: Since the model year change conducted in May 2019
- Number of units produced: ~19,000 units
- * Sales of the Toyoace model have already ended.
The seventh-generation 2015 Hilux was the first to not be produced in Japan, with most of the vehicles being produced in Thailand, South Africa and Argentine for delivery to counties in their own regions, and with some production in Malaysia, Pakistan and Venezuela.
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, publisher (kzhw@aol.com), is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn.
Zino is at home on test tracks, knows his way around U.S. Congressional hearing rooms, auto company headquarters, plant floors, as well as industry research and development labs where the real mobility work is done. He can quote from court decisions, refer to instrumented road tests, analyze financial results, and profile executive personalities and corporate cultures.
He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe.
Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap.
AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks.
Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
Toyota: More Today Trouble Over Hino Motors Emission Fraud
The added “facts following were found in the emission performance deterioration endurance tests conducted by Hino on all of the company’s vehicle engine models subject to the 2016 emission regulations in Japan.” Thus the embarrassing anti-environmental aspects of the cheating scandal are still expanding. (AutoInformed: Toyota Motor FY Q1 Profit Drop Spooks Market)
MITI Findings
Impact on Toyota vehicles and the company’s actions
The engine models subject to the bad behaviors identified this time include the 4-liter diesel engine model ‘N04C (with HC-SCR system)’, for which no wrongdoings have been confirmed so far. This engine model is used in the following Toyota vehicles listed below, which are OEM-supplied vehicle models by Hino.
Hino Motors Hamura Plant
The seventh-generation 2015 Hilux was the first to not be produced in Japan, with most of the vehicles being produced in Thailand, South Africa and Argentine for delivery to counties in their own regions, and with some production in Malaysia, Pakistan and Venezuela.
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, publisher (kzhw@aol.com), is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn. Zino is at home on test tracks, knows his way around U.S. Congressional hearing rooms, auto company headquarters, plant floors, as well as industry research and development labs where the real mobility work is done. He can quote from court decisions, refer to instrumented road tests, analyze financial results, and profile executive personalities and corporate cultures. He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe. Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap. AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks. Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.