Nissan to Recall 150,000 Cars Due to Dubious Inspections

VOA News
7 December 2018 (6:19AM)

Nissan announced plans Friday to recall about 150,000 vehicles sold in Japan due to improper inspections.

"Nissan has recently found several non-conformities that may have caused inaccurate pass/fail judgements during the inspection process," on brakes, speedometers and other systems, the Japanese automaker said in a statement.

The recall covers at least 10 models including Note and Leaf electric vehicles as well as March and Cube compact cars manufactured between November 2017 and October 2018.

The latest recall is dealing another blow to the company, after the arrest of its former chairman Carlos Ghosn on allegations of financial misconduct, involving under-reported salary by millions of dollars over five years.

Ghosn, who is in detention after being arrested November 19 of this year, has denied any wrongdoing.

Nissan was forced to recall more than one million vehicles last year after admitting that unqualified staff had conducted final inspections on some cars before they were shipped to dealers in Japan.

In a separate scandal that erupted in July, Nissan admitted that data on exhaust emissions and fuel economy had been deliberately altered.