http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/index-e.htm
The mitsubishi situation is going from worse to terrible here in Japan. Its on the news every night.
Yet another MMC cover-up revealed
Yomiuri Shimbun
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. covered up an additional 93 defects in large vehicles, sources said Tuesday.
Of these, 21 led to accidents involving injuries, and eight were considered highly likely to cause accidents. The automaker did not recall any of the affected vehicles.
The Construction and Transport Ministry has begun an investigation of the latest findings on suspicion that the automaker, which spun off its truck and bus division in January 2003 to create Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., concealed serious defects besides the defective clutch cases that already have come to light.
The failure to recall defective models was discovered after additional examinations of the company's conduct that were ordered by the ministry.
Following the examination, Mitsubishi Fuso reported 97 defects, including four faults that already had been revealed.
Recalls conducted by Mitsubishi Fuso as a result of the latest findings will be reported to the ministry.
According to the ministry, the 93 new defects were found in trucks and buses and included problems with parts for steering-columns and parking brakes. Of the 93, 29 either caused accidents or were regarded as having the potential to do so. A further 11 were seen as having the potential to indirectly cause accidents.
The 21 cases that caused accidents involved defective parts hitting other vehicles after falling off Mitsubishi vehicles. None of the accidents resulted in fatalities.
According to the sources, the new cases occurred from 1992 onward and were not reported by Mitsubishi Fuso. Some of the defects were concealed even after the company's earlier failure to recall defective models came to light in 2000.
Faulty parts were secretly changed or repaired through auto dealers in only 10 of the cases. In the other cases, the defects are thought to have been left uncorrected.
Ah, so this is the company edward norton told us about in 'fight club'
