Toyota suspends 14 production lines due to component supply disruptions

Toyota’s 14 production lines at 8 factories in Japan will be shut down for up to 6 days, from May 16, 2022.

Toyota Motor Corp has just announced that it will suspend the operation of 14 production lines at 8 factories in Japan due to supply disturbances when China imposes a blockade measure on Shanghai city to control the Covid-19 epidemic. 19.

The Japanese automaker said that the suspension period will last for 6 days, from May 16, 2022 to May 21, 2022. The shutdown of eight domestic production plants will affect the output of about 30,000 vehicles. Accordingly, the global production target of 750,000 vehicles in May 2022 will be reduced to 700,000 vehicles.

Vehicles manufactured at Motomachi’s factory in Aichi Prefecture Toyota Affected include Crown, Noah, Voxy, Mirai fuel cell vehicle (FCV) and electric vehicle “bZ4X” (EV).

Two other factories in the province, Takaoka and Tahara, also halted some production lines during the same period, disrupting production of the RAV4 sports utility vehicle, Harrier and Lexus brand cars.

In addition to Toyota, a number of other Japanese automakers are also affected by strict epidemic prevention measures in Shanghai, China. Honda said that the Suzuka factory in Mie prefecture reduced production by 50% compared to the original plan in April. Yorii factory in Saitama prefecture will reduce output by 30%.

The production cut is likely to continue until the first half of May. Previously, due to a lack of production components, the automaker Suzuki suspended the operation of the Iwata factory in Shizuoka Prefecture for two days, May 9 and 10, 2022. Mazda also had to close its main production plant in Hiroshima and its Hofu plant in Yamaguchi prefecture for eight days in April. Subaru also stopped working at 3 factories for 2 days.