Toyota’s production in Japan plants affected by COVID-19

Cases among staff and suppliers forced it to suspend operations.

Toyota Motor Company announced another round of output cuts across its manufacturing plants in Japan, citing cases of COVID-19 infections among its workers and parts suppliers.

Toyota Motomachi plant

Toyota's Motomachi plant is where the GR Yaris is manufactured

In a statement, the carmaker said that it suspended operations on a number of its facilities and production lines from January 21 to 24, 2022. Toyota reported that almost 40 personnel at its Tsutsumi plant in Aichi prefecture tested positive for COVID-19 between January 18 and 19, with the factory undergoing disinfection.

Cases of the highly transmissible Omicron variant have reportedly surged in Japan at the start of 2022, with daily COVID-19 cases reaching a record 46,199.

Plant	Production line	Period of suspension	Production vehicle
Toyota Motor Corporation Motomachi Plant	Production Line #1	January 21, 22, 24	Crown, Noah, Voxy, Mirai
Toyota Motor Corporation Motomachi Plant	Production line for GR models	January 21, 22, 24	GR Yaris
Toyota Motor Corporation Motomachi Plant	Production line for low volume models	January 21, 22, 24	LC
Toyota Motor Corporation Takaoka Plant	Production Line #1	January 21, 22, 24	Corolla, Corolla Touring, Corolla Cross
Toyota Motor Corporation Tsutsumi Plant	Production line #1	January 21, 22, 24	Prius , PHV, Corolla
Toyota Motor Corporation Tsutsumi Plant	Production line #2	January 21, 22,24	Corolla Sport, Camry, ES
Toyota Motor Corporation Tahara Plant	Production line #1	January 21, 22	Land Cruiser Prado, GX, 4Runner
Toyota Motor Corporation Tahara Plant	Production line #3	January 21, 22, 24	LS, IS, RC, RC F, NX
Toyota Motor Corporation Iwate Plant	Production line #1	January 21, 22, 24	C-HR, Aqua
Toyota Motor Corporation Iwate Plant	Production line #2	January 21, 22, 24	Yaris, Yaris Cross, Aqua
Toyota Motor Corporation Miyagi Ohira Plant	All production lines	January 21, 22, 24	Yaris Cross, Sienta, Corolla Axio, Corolla Fielder, JPN Taxi
Toyota Auto Body Fujimatsu Plant	Production line #1	January 21	Land Cruiser 70
Toyota Auto Body Fujimatsu Plant	Production line #2	January 21	Noah, Voxy
Toyota Auto Body Inabe Plant	Production line #1	January 21	Hiace, Granace, Alphard, Vellfire, LM
Toyota Auto Body Yoshiwara Plant	Production line #1	January 21	LX, Land Cruiser 300
Toyota Auto Body Yoshiwara Plant	Production line #2	January 21	Land Cruiser 70
Gifu Auto Body	Production line #1	January 21, 22	Hiace/Ambulance, Granace
Gifu Auto Body	Production line #2	January 21, 22	Coaster
Hino Motors Ltd. Hamura Plant	Production line #1	January 21, 22	Land Cruiser Prado, FJ Cruiser
Hino Motors Ltd. Hamura Plant	Production line #4	January 21	High Mobility Vehicle

The move is expected to have an impact on the supply of specific Toyota and Lexus models, which a Toyota spokesperson said could amount to 47,000 units for this month.

Land Cruiser 300

The Land Cruiser 300 already has a wait list of up to four years

According to the automaker, it is adjusting its global production target of around 700,000 units for February 2022 by 150,000, as a result of continuing demand for semiconductors across all industries. Since 2021, car manufacturers have been struggling with a shortage of electronic chips necessary for automobile manufacturing.

Due to the production cuts, Toyota expects to fall short of its projected 9 million units produced for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022.

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