Toyota in global recall of Prius

Toyota has announced the recall of about 436,000 hybrid vehicles worldwide, including its latest Prius model, to fix brake problems.

The total includes more than 200,000 Prius cars sold in Japan and 8,500 cars in the UK. "We have decided to recall as we regard safety for our customers as our foremost priority," the firm said. The company has already recalled eight million vehicles because of accelerator and floormat problems. Company president Akio Toyoda made the latest recall announcement at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday afternoon.

  • September 2007, US: 55,000 Camry and Lexus cars in floormat recall
  • October 2009, US: 3.8m Toyota and Lexus vehicles recalled due to floormat problem
  • November 2009, US: floormat recall increased to 4.2m vehicles
  • January 2010, US: 2.3m Toyota vehicles recalled due to accelerator pedal problems (of those, 2.1m already involved in floormat recall)
  • January 2010, US: 1.1m Toyotas in floormat recall
  • February 2010, Europe: 1.8m Toyota's in pedal recall
  • February 2010, Japan, US: 200 reports of brake faults in new Prius. Cars recalled
  • February 2010, worldwide: 436,000 hybrid vehicles in brake recall. Also, 7,300 Camry vehicles recalled in the US over potential brake tube problems

 

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