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https://www.daihatsu.com/news/2023/20230428-4.html https://www.daihatsu.com/news/2023/20230428-4.html > Daihatsu has confirmed that in the side collision tests

by kats 3y ago

https://www.daihatsu.com/news/2023/20230428-4.html https://www.daihatsu.com/news/2023/20230428-4.html > Daihatsu has confirmed that in the side collision tests of the [Toyota Yaris, Perodua Axia, and Toyota Agya], the inside lining of the front seat door was improperly modified, and that there was a violation of the side collision test procedures and methods stipulated by regulations. Inside lining of the front seat door? That doesn't sound very significant at all.

kats 3y ago
didn't notice before, but the CNN article has a link to a PDF report that gives a lot more details. https://www.daihatsu.com/news/2023/report_1_E.pdf https://www.daihatsu.com/news/2023/report_1_E.pdf Here's the longer description of the same thing. It sure sounds more serious. > When applying for certification of side collision tests for vehicles developed by Daihatsu for overseas markets (four models), the person in charge of conducting the tests, concerned that it would be problematic if the development and sales schedule was not met due to the failure of the certification tests, made manual modifications on the certified prototype vehicles that differed from those of mass-produced vehicles, such as cutting the back of the plastic front door trims to prevent sharp edges in the event of a collision, in order to ensure that the vehicles would pass the certification tests.
smogcutter 3y ago
It’s clearly something, or it wouldn’t cheat the test.
- fwungy 3y ago
  It assumes the regulations are sensible which is not always the case. Regulations can cause inordinate costs increases relative to their actual value. The fact that the regulations may be well intended is orthogonal. There is no reason to cheat if compliance is trivial.
  - Arn_Thor 3y ago
    That is one argument. But the company doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt
wpm 3y ago
Is the inside lining more likely to sever my femoral artery now in a side impact? These are almost always significant things, at the very least worth looking into.

by kats 3y ago

kats 3y ago

didn't notice before, but the CNN article has a link to a PDF report that gives a lot more details. https://www.daihatsu.com/news/2023/report_1_E.pdf https://www.daihatsu.com/news/2023/report_1_E.pdf Here's the longer description of the same thing. It sure sounds more serious. > When applying for certification of side collision tests for vehicles developed by Daihatsu for overseas markets (four models), the person in charge of conducting the tests, concerned that it would be problematic if the development and sales schedule was not met due to the failure of the certification tests, made manual modifications on the certified prototype vehicles that differed from those of mass-produced vehicles, such as cutting the back of the plastic front door trims to prevent sharp edges in the event of a collision, in order to ensure that the vehicles would pass the certification tests.

smogcutter 3y ago

It’s clearly something, or it wouldn’t cheat the test.

fwungy 3y ago
It assumes the regulations are sensible which is not always the case. Regulations can cause inordinate costs increases relative to their actual value. The fact that the regulations may be well intended is orthogonal. There is no reason to cheat if compliance is trivial.
- Arn_Thor 3y ago
  That is one argument. But the company doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt

wpm 3y ago

Is the inside lining more likely to sever my femoral artery now in a side impact? These are almost always significant things, at the very least worth looking into.