TOKYO, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — Japan’s transport ministry on Tuesday ordered main used automobile supplier Bigmotor Co. to halt operations at 34 retailers for violating street site visitors regulation.
The transport ministry urged the 34 outlets throughout the nation to droop car upkeep operations for a interval of between 10 and 90 days after discovering that the agency had charged extreme restore and inspection charges.
Twelve of the outlets took the heaviest punishment of getting their licenses to hold out personal car inspections revoked.
Bigmotor was additionally ordered to dismiss 24 car inspectors discovered to have been concerned within the wrongdoing.
In July, the ministry performed unannounced on-site investigations of 34 Bigmotor retailers in 24 prefectures based mostly on a report by outdoors attorneys, based on which the 34 outlets have been concerned in improper upkeep.
Practices violating the street site visitors regulation have been confirmed in any respect 34 garages hooked up to the retailers. The regulation prohibits firms from charging for repairs not requested by clients or not carried out.
The firm, in a press release, vowed to take the ministry’s motion severely and make efforts to forestall related issues from taking place once more.
The ministry is constant to analyze Bigmotor’s remaining 101 car upkeep outlets, with the probe set to proceed by way of subsequent 12 months.