Subaru chief says inspections were flawed like Nissan's
Subaru
The head of  Japanese automaker Subaru  bowed deeply in apology Friday as  the company  admitted that  it  has been carrying out flawed inspections of  its  Japan-made cars for years.
The announcement by  Subaru 's chief executive and president  Yasuyuki Yoshinaga  was the latest in a flurry of such scandals. Earlier this month Nissan Motor Co. recalled more than 1 million domestically made cars because of faulty routine tests.
 Subaru  will submit a report on the problem to the government on Monday  Yoshinaga told reporters. He said a domestic recall is likely  spanning the entire  Subaru  lineup totaling 255 000 vehicles.
Yoshinaga said the faulty inspections for  Subaru 's finished products had been going on for 30 years. The workers involved did not fully realize their method was wrong  and a thorough review of the entire inspection system is needed  he said.
 Subaru   formerly called Fuji Heavy Industries  is partnered with Toyota Motor Corp.  a top shareholder. Toyota and Honda Motor Co. have said they did not have dubious inspections. Toyota said it was checking with  Subaru  on the reported irregularities.
Reporters peppered  Subaru 's Yoshinaga with questions about why  it  took so long after the Nissan scandal for  Subaru  to come forward.
The head of  [TGT] bowed deeply in apology Friday as  the company  admitted that  it  has been carrying out flawed inspections of  its  Japan-made cars for years.
The announcement by  Subaru 's chief executive and president  Yasuyuki Yoshinaga  was the latest in a flurry of such scandals. Earlier this month Nissan Motor Co. recalled more than 1 million domestically made cars because of faulty routine tests.
  [TGT]   will submit a report on the problem to the government on Monday  Yoshinaga told reporters. He said a domestic recall is likely  spanning the entire  Subaru  lineup totaling 255 000 vehicles.
Yoshinaga said the faulty inspections for   [TGT]  's finished products had been going on for 30 years. The workers involved did not fully realize their method was wrong  and a thorough review of the entire inspection system is needed  he said.
 Subaru   formerly called Fuji Heavy Industries  is partnered with Toyota Motor Corp.  a top shareholder. Toyota and Honda Motor Co. have said they did not have dubious inspections. Toyota said it was checking with   [TGT]   on the reported irregularities.
Reporters peppered   [TGT]  's Yoshinaga with questions about why   [TGT]   took so long after the Nissan scandal for  Subaru  to come forward.