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丰田汽车提交召回制度改善报告 2006年8月1日 星期二 丰田汽车提交召回制度改善报告 Toyota details improvements to recall system 丰田汽车(Toyota Motor) 昨日向日本政府提交一份报告,详细说明该公司就其汽车召回处理制度采取的改进措施。目前该公司正面临一项刑事犯罪调查。 Japan’s transport ministry last month reprimanded Toyota for failing to act on reports of serious defects in its cars. The move dealt a blow to Japan’s leading automaker, whose brand name has historically been synonymous with quality. 日本国土交通省 (Transport Ministry)上个月指责丰田汽车,称该公司未能就其汽车存在严重缺陷的报告采取相应行动。长期以来,丰田品牌已成为“质量”的同义词。此举对这家日本主要汽车制造商是一大打击。 The reprimand followed revelations that local police in southern Japan had filed an unprecedented criminal case against three current and former Toyota Motor officials on suspicion that they delayed filing a recall report in spite of knowing about the defect for eight years. 在日本国土交通省指责丰田汽车前,有消息披露称,日本南部当地警方对丰田汽车3名现任和前任管理人员提起刑事犯罪指控。这种指控以前并无先例,怀疑他们在8年前就知道某款汽车存有缺陷,但没有及时提交召回报告。 Toyota also said it would store information for 20 years on the results of its consideration of and decisions on recall cases. 丰田汽车同时表示,对于就汽车召回案,涉及考虑和决定的相关信息将保存20年。 The allegations have already started to damage consumer confidence in the brand. Toyota has recalled more than 1m vehicles in Japan this year and last month issued a recall of some 400,000 sports-utility vehicles in the US, its single-biggest market. 此项指控已开始影响消费者对该丰田品牌的信心。今年,丰田汽车在日本已召回逾100万辆汽车,而上个月在其最大的市场美国,下令召回约40万辆运动型多功能车。
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