Japan's transport ministry inspects 2 more Nissan plants

Tokyo

JAPAN'S transport ministry said on Wednesday it had carried out spot inspections at two plants producing Nissan Motor Co Ltd vehicles as part of a probe into final checks, days after irregularities forced the carmaker to recall 1.2 million cars sold in Japan.

The two inspections on Tuesday followed inspections at four more factories last week, the ministry said. The initial four found the carmaker had conducted unauthorised final vehicle checks for most domestic models which had not yet been sold, prompting Nissan to suspend new vehicle registrations with the government.