Nissan improper quality inspection or total recall of vehicles for up to 20 years will reach 1.16 million vehicles

Recently, Nissan Motors Japan Plant was involved in the final inspection of the vehicle by technical personnel who had not been certified by the final inspector. The violation of the signature and seal caused widespread concern. At present, Nissan Motor has suspended the production of all six Japanese domestic factories for a period of at least two weeks in order to cope with the further deterioration of the quality inspection scandal.

On October 22, Nissan’s insiders confirmed the suspension of production at six factories when they were interviewed exclusively by reporters from Securities Daily. At the same time, he said that in the following, all vehicles affected by the incident will be voluntarily recalled and the final inspection will be resumed.

It is worth mentioning that the person emphasized that the incident only occurred in the Nissan Motor Japan plant and the vehicles involved were only sold in the Japanese domestic market.

Speaking of media coverage of Nissan Motor Vehicle improper vehicle inspection practices that began at least 20 years ago, the above-mentioned sources only responded to the president's remarks by Nishikawa Hiroyuki: Nissan has been working on a staff training system for issuing vehicle inspection certificates for 20 years. Has not changed, and this is different from improper vehicle inspection.

Accumulated recall of 1.16 million companies saying that vehicles involved do not include China

On October 22, Nissan’s insiders said in an exclusive interview with the “Securities Daily” reporter that according to the current survey results, the incident was caused by a problem in the operation process of the Japanese factory at the final inspection of the vehicle.

He said that the incident only occurred in the Nissan Motor Japan plant, and the vehicles involved were only sold in the Japanese domestic market and did not affect other regional markets including the Chinese market. Even if the quality inspection process of vehicles sold in Japan is completed before shipment, it will not affect the quality of the product.

Even so, "the company decided to completely suspend the production of auto factories and car body factories in Japan because of the Japanese market's requirement that the final quality inspection be supervised and signed by qualified technical certification personnel." Next, all vehicles affected by the incident will be automatically recalled and the final inspection will be conducted again.

This reporter learned that in February this year, Nissan Motor Co. announced that Nishikawa Hirose had been the CEO of Nissan Motor Co. since April 1, 2017, replacing Carlos Ghosn. Xichuan Guangren, who was appointed as the new official, once solemnly stated that he will investigate the matter personally and then decide who should bear responsibility for this “shocking” negligence.

On October 19, Nishikawa Hiroyuki stated at a press conference held in Yokohama headquarters that it was necessary to suspend the production of the factory in order to reconfigure the final product inspection line. For this reason, Nissan Motor will suspend the production of all six domestic factories for a duration of at least two weeks.

At present, Nissan Motors is recalling 1.16 million cars that were manufactured and sold in Japanese factories from January 2014 to September 2017. This recall will cost Nissan Motors 25 billion yen (about 147 million yuan).

An insider revealed to reporters that Nissan will investigate the next three years as a new vehicle sales vehicle that has not received the initial vehicle inspection. If it is judged that the majority of the vehicles may be in violation of regulations, it will face a greater number of recalls. For vehicles that have already received vehicle inspections, Confirmation of security will not be investigated.

Twenty-year non-compliance with quality inspection said Nissan did not respond positively

As the incident continues to ferment, there are reports that Nissan Motor’s improper vehicle inspection practices began at least 20 years ago, and this new statute, the second-largest automaker in Japan, is further turbulent.

In response, Nissan did not respond positively. It was only that Nishikawa spoke in a speech that Nissan had not changed the employee training system for issuing vehicle inspection certificates for 20 years. This is different from improper vehicle inspection.

Xichuan Guangren also failed to completely rectify the scandal after the scandal was exposed to the factory management's "communication problems", resulting in the company's high-level instructions failed to implement the production line. He pointed out that the cause of inappropriate quality inspection also stems from the "old habits" that exist in the company.

“In order to remove this long-established habit, we must take this measure,” Xichuan Guangren apologized at a press conference on Oct. 19, saying that such incidents would be prevented from happening again and the trust of customers would be regained. He also stressed that this incident did not affect the quality of Nissan vehicles.

In fact, a third-party team investigating vehicle inspection errors discovered that some factories will shift the final inspection of the vehicle project from the final vehicle inspection line to another line, resulting in the completion of the last vehicle inspection by those who did not have the qualification certificate.

According to report, the 21 types of vehicles that Nissan Motor sold out were respectively Sylphy, NOTE, Leaf, Machi, GT-R, SKYLINE, etc. In addition, it also included ambulances, trucks, and buses.