Toyota’s March 2025 Production Halt: What Happened Next
Production history
Updated October 16, 2026
The March 2025 explosion at a Japanese spring supplier interrupted Toyota production, but the interruption should not be read as a current RAV4 shutdown. The useful distinction is between the accident, Toyota’s subsequent assembly-line restart announcement and the supplier’s later report that its affected operation had resumed production.
What happened at Chuo Spring
Chuo Spring’s 102nd business report describes an explosion at its Fujioka No. 3 factory in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, at about 8:05 a.m. on March 6, 2025. The company reported one employee killed and two employees slightly injured. The accident involved a dust collector on a chassis coil-spring production line.
Which vehicle-production lines were affected?
In its March 10 reporting, Reuters said Toyota had stopped one line at Takaoka and two at Toyota Industries’ Nagakusa plant that morning because parts supply had been disrupted. Takaoka produced the RAV4 and Harrier on the affected line; Nagakusa produced the RAV4. The same report identified an additional afternoon stoppage at Daihatsu’s Kyoto plant, which made the Toyota Probox.
That is a more precise description than a blanket halt of Toyota production. It identifies particular Japanese lines and products, rather than every Toyota factory or every RAV4 sold worldwide.
Two restart dates refer to different operations
On March 12, Reuters reported Toyota’s announcement that the three Takaoka and Nagakusa lines were scheduled to resume on the afternoon of March 13 after parts supply prospects improved. That report was a restart announcement, not an observation of every subsequent shift or a promise about a customer’s delivery.
Separately, Chuo’s later business report said its affected supplier operation resumed production on April 1 after countermeasures, equipment inspection and operating checks. April 1 should not be substituted for Toyota’s announced March 13 assembly restart: they describe different companies and operations.
How to read this historical report today
A dated production interruption cannot tell a shopper whether a particular vehicle is in stock, when an order will arrive or what its price should be. Those questions need current vehicle-specific information. An assembly restart and a supplier restart also answer different questions; neither is evidence of a current halt.
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