According to CCTV, Akebono brake Industry Co., Ltd. recently released a document saying that among the 192213 brake and its parts products produced by the company's four local factories in Japan, there were 114271 cases of improper behaviors such as tampering with data, fabricating data, and insufficient samples, accounting for nearly 60%.
Akebono also announced that counterfeiting can be traced back to at least 2001, with a span of 20 years. The fraud affected a number of Japanese car companies, including Toyota and Nissan.
It is understood that Akebono has six factories in Japan, four of which are located in Yamagata, Fukushima, Qiyu and Okayama. The products involved include disc brakes, brake pads, drum brakes and brake linings.
What's more shocking is that despite admitting the fact of fraud, Akebono and related auto companies have no plan to recall, but claim that after re inspection, they think the product performance is OK. At present, Akebono brake and related auto companies have no plan to recall, so it is impossible to confirm whether the parts involved are exported to overseas markets after they are assembled.
Which car brands may be equipped with dawn brake pads?
According to public information, Akebono, founded in 1929, is a well-known brake manufacturer. It mainly develops and manufactures automobile brake assemblies and related parts. It has production bases not only in Japan, but also in Europe, America, China, Southeast Asia and other regions.
The company's Akebono brake pads are well-known and expensive, and you will be familiar with them.
It is understood that Akebono has the first market share in Japan, and the fraud has affected 10 Japanese car companies including Toyota, Honda and Nissan. Although dawn brake is reluctant to disclose its name, the industry speculation basically covers Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Subaru, Mazda, Mitsubishi and other enterprises.
In addition, Akebono also has a very high market share in the United States. Its products are matched with international well-known automobile manufacturers such as general motors, Ford and DaimlerChrysler. It also has a certain market share in Europe. Its customers include Volkswagen and other automobile manufacturers.
The impact of setting up factories in China "cannot be confirmed temporarily"
As for whether it involves the Chinese market, Akebono said it could not confirm for the time being.
However, according to the data of customs and trade, the United States and China are the main countries of Japanese auto parts, and the auto parts in HS code rules are classified as 8708 items. In 2020, Japan will export 8708 items of auto parts with HS code to US $27.08 billion, of which the US accounts for 23.97%, China 22.34% and Thailand 7.36%.
In addition, according to Huaxia times, many domestic brake pads are produced by Akebono brake, all of which are produced in Guangzhou and Suzhou. From some auto forum posts, we can also find many vehicles equipped with Akebono brake pads, including FAW Audi, FAW Volkswagen, FAW Mazda, FAW Toyota, Dongfeng Nissan, Infiniti, some self owned models of FAW Dongfeng, GAC Toyota, GAC Honda, GAC Mitsubishi, Chang'an Mazda and other domestic joint ventures and self owned brands as well as refitting markets Light the shadow of the brake pads.
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