RECALL ALERT: Toyota Calls In About 2.4 MILLION Prius Vehicles In Latest Discovered Fault

Toyota is recalling about 2.4 million hybrid cars worldwide that could stall while driving.

The Japanese automaker said Friday that the recall affects about 807,000 Toyota Prius cars in the U.S. It covers certain 2010 to 2014 Prius hybrids and certain 2012 to 2014 Prius V hybrids.

The defect occurs in "rare situations," Toyota said. It involves the vehicle failing to "enter a fail-safe driving mode in response to certain hybrid system faults..."

valhallakey - 10/6/2018 10:01:48 AM

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Can’t trust the quality with a Toyota

TomM - 10/6/2018 5:27:55 PM

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For the last several years - software problems have taken over the lead for warranty "repairs" - followed by electrical problems - with mechanical problems falling off from there.

I expect as cars become more and more computerized - that trend will continue. THe major advantage to this problem is EVENTUALLY - computers will be updated on the fly - without even the need for a service call- so you might not even know you have the update.