Daihatsu, a subsidiary of Toyota, recently admitted to cheating on side impact tests. The scandal affected a total of 88,123 cars manufactured by Daihatsu, including the new generation Toyota Vios, Toyota Wigo and Perodua Axia.
Of the 88,123 vehicles mentioned above, a total of 76,289 new-generation Toyota Vios vehicles were produced in Thailand and Malaysia from August 2022. These vehicles were then distributed in markets such as Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Laos, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and Mexico. In the Thai market alone, the number of Toyota Vios 2023 vehicles (called Yaris Ativ) sold from August 2022 to the end of March 2023 reached 36,890 units.
Toyota Thailand has decided to stop selling the 2023 Toyota Vios (called Yaris Ativ) due to somewhat erroneous safety test results.
Following the scandal, Toyota Thailand has decided to temporarily suspend sales of the new generation Toyota Vios in this market from April 29, 2023. Toyota Thailand said that the 2023 Vios will continue to be sold after re-testing for safety. Meanwhile, Toyota Malaysia said that it will continue to sell the new generation Vios in this market because the car does not have any safety and quality issues.
This is also a rather confusing move between Toyota Malaysia and Toyota Thailand as these are the two countries that produce most of the Vios models. Toyota Malaysia said that the 2023 Vios still meets the UN-R95 safety standards and the car does not have any safety and quality issues.
In addition to the Toyota Vios 2023, the new generation Toyota Agya, also known as Wigo in Vietnam and Perodua Axia in Malaysia from February 2023, are affected with a number of up to 11,834 units. And there is also a new model under development but Daihatsu has not disclosed its name.
Daihatsu said it would conduct new crash tests in the presence of authorities and confirm the safety of the vehicles before they are shipped out of the factory. Toyota said it has not received any information about accidents or injuries related to Daihatsu's side impact test cheating.
This scandal does not affect the Toyota Vios 2023 that will be sold in Vietnam. The reason is that the car in Vietnam is not the new generation Toyota Vios using the Daihatsu chassis.
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