Recalls - Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Recalls Some Trucks, Buses
Tokyo,Japan -Forbes/AP(USA) -09.14.2005:--) Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., a Japanese truckmaker plagued by a defect cover-up scandal, said Wednesday it was recalling 47,000 trucks and buses to fix defective parts... The recall includes 20,239 Canter light trucks built between July 2003 and last May, that have wiring that can short fuse or cause the truck to stop operating, the Tokyo-based manufacturer said in a release. Mitsubishi Fuso will replace the defective parts... The company didn't specify where the trucks and buses were sold... Wednesday's announcement follows a recall last month of 41,548 trucks, including some of Mitsubishi Fuso's Super Great models... Mitsubishi Fuso, 85 percent owned by Germany's DaimlerChrysler AG, has been embroiled in a cover-up scandal that first surfaced in 2000. At that time, the company, which was still part of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., said it had systematically hid defects for more than 20 years to avoid recalls... In June, four former executives at scandal-plagued truckmaker Mitsubishi Fuso have returned 100 million yen (US$910,000; euro745,000) in retirement pay to acknowledge responsibility for a series of auto defect cover-ups...
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