Nissan Official Confirmed Not Affected by Kobe Steel Event

Recently, the incidents involving counterfeiting in the steel industry in Kobe have attracted a lot of attention. Many car companies involved have investigated their own products to ensure the safety of consumers. On October 22, Nissan Motors issued an official statement on the incident. China Netcom learned from the Nissan China official that: As a result of the evaluation, it was confirmed that the vehicles used in the production of Japanese vehicles include engine bonnets, doors, steel wires, special steels, and parts. These products manufactured by Kobe Steel are safe, not There will be problems with the safety of vehicles and pedestrians; in addition, Nissan’s joint venture factories in China do not use Kobe steel products.

Nissan has two joint ventures in China, Dongfeng Nissan and Zhengzhou Nissan. Dongfeng Nissan has four major production bases: Guangzhou Base, Fuyang Base, Dalian Base, and Zhengzhou Base, which also includes engine factories and parts factories; Zhengzhou Nissan has two major production plants in Zhengzhou. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. quickly investigated the factories in China after the seizures of Kobe Steel. Nissan’s joint venture factories in China did not use Kobe steel products.

The following is the official statement of Nissan Motor:

Statement on Kobe Steel Incident

Since Japan's Kobe Steel Co. announced that some of its products were not compliant, Nissan Motor has conducted a technical evaluation of its application to vehicles. The evaluation confirmed that the aluminum products produced by the Kobe Steel Company used on the hoods and doors of vehicles produced on a daily basis are safe and will not cause problems for vehicle and pedestrian safety protection.

Nissan also confirmed that steel wire and special steel supplied directly to Nissan by Kobe Steel did not contain non-compliant products. At present, no related problems have been detected in Kobe Steel-related products supplied to Nissan through parts suppliers. Nissan Motors continues to conduct further evaluations of related products.

At the same time, after investigation, it was confirmed that Nissan’s joint venture factories in China did not use Kobe Steel’s products and were not affected by this incident.

"Kobe Steel" incident review:

On October 8, the scandal concerning the shoddy quality of Kobe steel products of the third largest steel company in Japan was exposed and continued to ferment. On October 20th, Kobe Steel again acknowledged that many subsidiary companies and first-line factories under the Group had tampered with, reported and fabricated quality inspection data. In the past year, the aluminum and copper business divisions of Kobe Steel produced a large number of unqualified products that were sold as qualified products by falsifying product shipment data. These products were supplied to many manufacturers including automobiles, railways, aerospace, and military. Kind of industry.