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Re:Toyota's Daihatsu to halt all vehicle shipments as safety... by stubish on Sunday December 24, 2023 @06:45PM (#38758161)
We can't trust foreign companies for various reasons. The solution seems to be to do the testing locally, not using vehicles provided by the manufacturer for testing purposes. Which seems to be what happens in Australia: https://www.racv.com.au/royalauto/transport/cars/ancap-faqs....

(The loophole would be using premium parts in early shipments, until testing has commenced, and switching components in later shipments. Not sure if we would catch that in components like airbags. We have already had Toyota recalls due to dodgy airbags.)

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Re:Toyota's Daihatsu to halt all vehicle shipments as safety... by manuelabeledo on Sunday December 24, 2023 @07:06PM (#38758290)
> We can't trust foreign companies for various reasons.

US manufacturers have their own history of cheating.

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Re:Toyota's Daihatsu to halt all vehicle shipments as safety... by Mtinie on Sunday December 24, 2023 @10:56PM (#38759568)
> We can't trust foreign companies for various reasons.

Removing the xenophobia:

“We can’t trust companies for various reasons.”

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Re:Toyota's Daihatsu to halt all vehicle shipments as safety... by stubish on Monday December 25, 2023 @07:03AM (#38761926)
I guess not, but local consumer protection laws at least provide a stick to beat trust into them when found out.
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Re:Toyota's Daihatsu to halt all vehicle shipments as safety... by dharmab on Monday December 25, 2023 @12:15PM (#38764275)
The US safety test system has the same flaw- safety equipment is not randomly tested after certification.

As an example, it's an open secret that over 40% of all USDOT certified helmets fail to meet the standard: https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2020/02/05/2020-dot-certifi...

(The EU uses a different standard which includes independent testing of random samples).

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