Environmental & Energy,
Class Action
Sep. 24, 2024
Toyota forklift engines cheat emission standards, suit says
Plaintiffs who use Toyota forklift engines claim the company fabricated important emissions numbers for certification testing and modified engine software to perform better during the tests than it would in real life.




Forklift engines manufactured by Toyota Motor Corp. cheat vehicle emission standards and are illegally imported for sale in the U.S., two landscaping businesses and a food distributor claimed in a lengthy complaint lodged in federal court in San Francisco.
"Something is rotten at Toyota. In recent years alone, no fewer than five separate cheating scandals have surfaced, together implicating millions of vehicles produced within the Toyota corporate family over twenty years,&q...
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