スズキにも立ち入り検査　型式指定不正で３社目―国交省

　自動車の大量生産に必要な認証「型式指定」を巡り大手メーカー５社で不正が判明した問題で、国土交通省は６日、浜松市のスズキ本社を道路運送車両法に基づいて立ち入り検査した。担当者からの聞き取りや試験データの確認などを行い、報告された不正内容について詳しく調べる。
　国交省はこれまでにトヨタ自動車（愛知県豊田市）とヤマハ発動機（静岡県磐田市）を立ち入り検査しており、スズキは３社目。
　スズキで不正が判明したのは過去に生産していた「アルト（貨物仕様）」の１車種。ブレーキ試験の成績書で、停止位置までの距離を実際の測定値より短く記載していた。（2024/06/06-09:04）

Japan's transport ministry on Thursday conducted an on-site inspection of Suzuki Motor Corp.'s headquarters after irregularities were found in the company's vehicle testing to obtain type approval.
   During the inspection of the Suzuki head office in the city of Hamamatsu in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka, carried out under the road transport vehicle law, the ministry will examine the irregularities in detail by interviewing relevant officials and checking test data.
   Before Suzuki, the ministry searched the head offices of Toyota Motor Corp. and Yamaha Motor Co. over testing fraud related to type approval, which is required for mass production of vehicles.
   At Suzuki, irregularities were found for one model, the cargo type of the Alto minivehicle, which had been produced in the past. In a report on brake performance testing for the Alto, the company recorded shorter stopping distances than actually measured figures.
   The ministry in February instructed 85 manufacturers and importers that had obtained type approval for vehicles and related parts to report any wrongdoings over the past 10 years after fraudulent vehicle tests came to light at Daihatsu Motor Co. and Toyota Industries Corp. last year.