Toyota Resumes Dispatching Toyota Innova Crysta, Fortuner And Hilux; Waiting Periods To Remain The Same

Toyota had a nervous moment recently, where the carmaker halted the dispatch of the Toyota Innova Crysta, Fortuner, Hilux and Land Cruiser in India. This was done due to a power delivery discrepancy issue, which surfaced while investigating its diesel engines’ domestic emissions testing in Japan. The temporary suspension has now been revoked as Toyota has confirmed that their diesel engines meet Indian regulations.

To expand on the issue for the uninitiated, there wasn’t a fault per se with the diesel engines. Just that during testing, they were fitted with a different ECU than what would be offered on the production-spec engines that would be fitted to customer cars. 

Even though the existing cars fitted with the diesel engines in question are still roadworthy and completely safe to use, Toyota needed to assess the full impact of that new information. Hence, there was a brief halt on the dispatch of these affected vehicles, which has now been lifted. As such, there will not be any changes to the waiting times for those Toyota models.

Here’s what a spokesperson from Toyota had to say when the issue surfaced: “The irregularities concern the ‘smoothing’ of power and torque curves but did not lead to any over-stating or over-claims on horsepower, torque or other powertrain-related values. Moreover, this does not have any impact on the emissions or safety of the affected vehicles.

Toyota is working with relevant authorities to re-confirm the data used for the certification of the affected vehicles. As such, in case of Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd (TKM), the dispatch of affected vehicles will also be temporarily suspended.

However, new order taking will continue. For cars that have already been dispatched but have not yet been delivered to the customer, we will carefully explain to our customers about this condition. Thereafter, we will proceed with registration and delivery for customers who opt to receive their vehicles.”

The affected models as per the investigation were the 2.4-litre ( found in the Toyota Innova Crysta), 2.8-litre (powers the Toyota Hilux and Toyota Fortuner) and 3.3-litre ( for the Toyota Land Cruiser) units. Head here for a deep dive into the nitty gritties of this issue.