Toyota Motor on Tuesday stated it has suspended operations in any respect 14 of its meeting vegetation in Japan as a result of a manufacturing system malfunction, bringing home output to a standstill on the world’s biggest-selling automaker.

The glitch is stopping Toyota from ordering elements and its trigger is beneath investigation, although it’s “doubtless not as a result of a cyberattack,” a spokesperson stated.

Toyota suspended 12 vegetation in its dwelling market from Tuesday morning and added the ultimate two from the afternoon, the spokesperson stated. It was unclear how a lot output can be misplaced.

The vegetation collectively account for a few third of the automaker’s international manufacturing, Reuters calculations confirmed.

Toyota’s home manufacturing had been on the rebound after a collection of output cuts it blamed on semiconductor scarcity. Output was up 29% in January-June, the primary such improve in two years.

Its Japan output averaged about 13,500 automobiles every day within the first half of the yr, Reuters calculations confirmed. That excludes automobiles from group automakers Daihatsu and Hino.

Operations have been halted for a day final yr when a provider suffered a cyberattack, hampering Toyota’s capacity to order components. Toyota resumed operations utilizing a back-up community.

Tuesday’s incident is having a knock-on impact. Group agency Toyota Industries stated it has partially suspended operations at two engine vegetation because of the automaker’s glitch.

Toyota is a pioneer of just-in-time stock administration, which retains down prices however means provide chain snarls put manufacturing in danger.

Whereas the reason for the most recent malfunction was unclear, company Japan has been on alert in latest days as companies and authorities workplaces reported harassing cellphone calls.

The federal government stated the calls have been doubtless from China and associated to Japan’s launch of handled radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear energy plant into the Pacific Ocean.

Toyota’s share value was up 0.12% at 2,439 yen in afternoon commerce after spending a lot of the morning in unfavorable territory.