KANSAS CITY, Kan. —  Hundreds of employees at the Fairfax General Motors plant will have the next two weeks off after the car company decided to stopped production on two types of vehicles because of an earthquake in Japan.

The 3,500 workers who build the Chevy Malibu and Buick LaCrosse have been told to stay home for two weeks starting Monday.

Some of the parts used in these vehicles are made in Japan, and last week’s magnitude-7.4 earthquake damaged the factories that make these parts.

GM won’t say exactly what parts were affected, but until the parts factories in Japan resume production, the assembly lines in Fairfax will stay stalled, and that estimated time period is two weeks.

Three other GM plants are also idling due to the Japan earthquake including the plants in Canada, Tennessee and Ohio.

GM does not foresee the stop in production to affect its overall sales or production plans, but in the short-term, it will reduce inventory levels.

Toyota has also been affected by the earthquake, but Fiat Chrysler and Ford have not. So those employed at the Ford Claycomo plant will still go to work Monday.

GM says the downtime at all four North American plants affects more than 13,000 workers total and represents 34,000 total vehicles that will not be made.