Daihatsu to Suspend Operations in January, Compensate Partners

  • Toyota affiliate halted production on safety-check scandal
  • Impact seen spreading to Toyota, other Japanese carmakers
Vehicles transported from Daihatsu Motor Kyoto plant in 2022.Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg
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Daihatsu Motor Co. will halt shipments and suspend operations through January, as the Toyota Motor Corp. subsidiary seeks to contain the fallout of an investigation that revealed most of its vehicles weren’t properly tested for collision safety.

The maker of popular kei cars promised to compensate all 423 of the companies it directly supplies, a Daihatsu spokesperson told reporters Monday.