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Toyota And Nissan Admit Their American-Made Vehicles Aren't Up To Japanese Standards
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this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2026
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Yes, that's how national standards work.
You also can't import a Japanese-made vehicle to the US until it's 25 or more years old because the safety specs are different.
And almost all US market vehicles are not up to Canadian standards - starting with the Canadian requirement to have driver adjustable headlight elevation trim...
Man...that would be an awesome feature...
Especially for vehicles that tow trailers and the trailer tongue weight pushes the angle of the whole vehicle up...
Of course we don't have them in the US because, unlike Canada, we have far too many drivers who would adjust them up just to be jerks blinding other drivers on purpose.