Toyota Recalls 1.9 Million Prius Models Globally Because They Just Stop Running

Toyota is recalling 1.9 million hybrid Prius cars globally for a software glitch that could cause them to stall.

The company said Wednesday that 713,000 vehicles in North America were being recalled. No accidents or injuries have been reported related to the problem.

The software could cause transistors to become damaged, causing warnings lights to go off, driving power to be reduced or the car to stop. The recalled vehicles were manufactured between March 2009 and February 2014.

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trmckin - 2/12/2014 1:54:20 PM

+1 Boost

well... that is one way to save gas ;)

vdiv - 2/12/2014 2:07:48 PM

+1 Boost

"The software could cause transistors to become damaged"

I think we may all be better off if we join the Amish. Just draw a new arbitrary line in the history of technological development and stick with that.

How does 1972 sound to y'all? No evil software to take over the world, just some random commies with their crappy Fiat derivative cars ;)

w222 - 2/12/2014 7:24:30 PM

+1 Boost

That's the new auto stop feature baked into the firmware.
It'll auto stop when the car feels like it.