Toyota's 14 Japanese assembly plants have all shut down due to system malfunctions
On the 29th, Toyota Motor Company of Japan announced that all 14 vehicle assembly factories in Japan have been shut down due to a computer system malfunction.
It is still uncertain when the factory will resume production. The shutdown involved 14 factories and 28 production lines, and Toyota did not specify the affected models.
According to Kyodo News, the malfunction occurred in the early morning of the 29th, causing parts orders to be unable to be processed. Toyota once announced that 12 assembly factories, except for the Kyushu Miyata factory in Fukuoka Prefecture and the Daihatsu Motor Company's Kyoto factory in Kyoto Prefecture, will be shut down. However, the number of suspended factories was quickly corrected to all 14 factories.
The cause of the malfunction is still under investigation. Toyota's preliminary judgment is that the malfunction should not have been caused by a cyber attack. Last March, Toyota's factories were temporarily closed due to cyber attacks on Japanese suppliers.
Kyodo News reported that Toyota's assembly plant uses the same system, and the Miyada and Kyoto factories completed order processing before the malfunction occurred on the 29th.