The inaccurate tests by the Tokyo-based automaker involved 157,000 of its own-brand eK wagon and eK Space light passenger cars, and 468,000 Dayz and Dayz Roox vehicles produced for Nissan Motor Co.
The models are all so-called “minicars” with tiny engines whose main attraction is generally great mileage. They were produced from March 2013.
The problem surfaced after Nissan pointed out inconsistencies in data, the company said. Mitsubishi conducted an internal probe and found that tire pressure data was falsified to make mileage appear better than it actually was.
“The wrongdoing was intentional. It is clear the falsification was done to make the mileage look better. But why they would resort to fraud to do this is still unclear,” company president Tetsuro Aikawa told reporters.
He and other company executives bowed in apology.
While the scale is smaller than what VW is dealing with, it’s no less embarrassing. Because of the DieselGate scandal, any car company that does anything that could be considered as being “sketchy” is going to get a bad rap. It does look like Mitsubishi is trying to address this, but given that it has had issues in the past, it may be a bit of an uphill climb for them to make this go away.
Mitsubishi Fingered For False Fuel Economy Numbers
First there was VW with DieselGate. Now Mitsubishi has been caught doing something nefarious with its cars. In their case, they were caught falsifying fuel economy numbers:
The inaccurate tests by the Tokyo-based automaker involved 157,000 of its own-brand eK wagon and eK Space light passenger cars, and 468,000 Dayz and Dayz Roox vehicles produced for Nissan Motor Co.
The models are all so-called “minicars” with tiny engines whose main attraction is generally great mileage. They were produced from March 2013.
The problem surfaced after Nissan pointed out inconsistencies in data, the company said. Mitsubishi conducted an internal probe and found that tire pressure data was falsified to make mileage appear better than it actually was.
“The wrongdoing was intentional. It is clear the falsification was done to make the mileage look better. But why they would resort to fraud to do this is still unclear,” company president Tetsuro Aikawa told reporters.
He and other company executives bowed in apology.
While the scale is smaller than what VW is dealing with, it’s no less embarrassing. Because of the DieselGate scandal, any car company that does anything that could be considered as being “sketchy” is going to get a bad rap. It does look like Mitsubishi is trying to address this, but given that it has had issues in the past, it may be a bit of an uphill climb for them to make this go away.
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