Daihatsuclaim
The Dutch claims organization Daihatsuclaim wants to claim more than 50 million euros in compensation from the discredited Daihatsu on behalf of concerned motorists. It has recently emerged that the Japanese brand has been tampering with crash test results since 1989.
“Due to this negative reporting, it is expected that the used price of a Daihatsu passenger car will drop by at least 25 percent,” says the foundation, which believes that owners should be compensated for the depreciation of their car. People with such a car are invited to register.
According to the claims club, there are more than 49,000 cars of the brand driving around in the Netherlands. The issue could also affect Toyota IQ owners, as Daihatsu has supplied parts for those cars. The Netherlands also has more than 3,000 of these.
“Daihatsu was known as one of the most reliable car brands from Japan, but now this appears to be different,” the initiators of the claim indicate. “The deception on Daihatsu’s part is far-reaching. The published report shows, for example, that no test was carried out for the safety of the driver’s seat and the airbag, but that data from the passenger seat was used for this purpose.”
Daihatsu announced earlier this week that it would no longer supply cars and parts until January. The group first wants to put its affairs in order. Parent company Toyota announced on Thursday that it wants to help Daihatsu pay for the damage the company is suffering.
Daihatsu’s are only for sale second hand in the Netherlands. The Japanese brand has not sold new cars in Europe since 2013, and that is precisely why AutoWeek does not consider the chance of success for Daihatsuclaim to be that great. After all, residual value loss can never be much with existing Daihatsu’s: the most expensive Daihatsu currently offered on AutoWeek.nl costs 14 grand.
There are still dozens of Daihatsu service dealers active in the Netherlands. Earlier in the day, the Consumers’ Association reported that it had not received any complaints from Dutch motorists about the scandal at the car brand.
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