Toyota stopped RAV4 production due to a fatal incident

Last Thursday, an explosion occurred at the factory at the factory at the most important supplier: one worker died, two were injured. Extraordinary circumstances led to violation of supplies chains, and Toyota had to suspend production in two factories. Three conveyors will be idle, on which RAV4, Harrier and Venza are produced. How long the delay will last.

The explosion occurred at the Chuo Spring Co. – This company is part of Toyota Group and is engaged in the production of suspension springs, as well as electrical wiring cables. The mortal case in production will surely provoke an investigation, so it is not taken to predict when RAV4 and “related” models to return to the conveyor conveyor.

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Toyota, in response to a request from American journalists, said that it was too early to talk about the possible influence of the RAV4 export incident. In 2024, every fifth crossover for overseas markets was produced outside the United States.

In Japan, this is not the first time that emergency situations take place in production. In October 2023, the Toyota supplier also had an explosion, and then eight factories and 13 production lines were idle ten days.

The failure on the Toyota Rav4 line happened under the curtain of the fifth generation crossover life cycle. This year, the “sixth” RAV4 should debut: the appearance of the novelty has already lit up, and it seems to be a deep modernization of the current model on the TNGA-K platform.

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