Mitsubishi Hid 26 Defects to Avoid Recalls
From Associated Press
Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors Corp. hid 26 defects in its cars from regulators for years -- in addition to four problems it publicized in 2000 -- to avoid issuing recalls for the vehicles, the company said.
The automaker said it would immediately start recalling the affected cars, estimated at more than 160,000 and most of them sold in Japan.
The newly discovered problems are the latest to taint Mitsubishi since it acknowledged in 2000 that it systematically covered up auto defects for more than two decades. In 2000, Mitsubishi Motors made public and issued recalls for only four defects -- even though it discovered about 30, the company said.
The company said none of the defects had caused any accidents that resulted in death or property damage.
