Toyota Motor Corp. said it will gradually restart operations at its plants in Japan that had been halted due to an accident at a supplier.
Toyota was forced to reduce output at several domestic factories for about a week after an explosion on October 16 at a plant belonging to Chuo Spring, which makes suspension springs.
The automaker plans to have completely resumed production on October 26 at all plants that have faced disruptions, a company spokesperson said on Monday.
Beginning Tuesday morning, three production lines across two plants will resume operations, followed by four lines across three plants in the evening. The last remaining production line will go back online Thursday morning, Toyota said.
Production in five lines at three Toyota Auto Body plants – all of the unit’s lines – was stopped due to the accident, affecting production of minivans such as the Alphard as well as some Land Cruiser models, including for overseas markets.
The halted Toyota lines were at the automaker’s Takaoka and Tsutsumi plants, both in Toyota City in central Japan which is also home to its headquarters.
Operations at all 14 of Toyota’s domestic assembly plants had to halt in August due to a system malfunction.
