After the recent news that The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched an investigation into Toyota's halo model the 2010 Prius, it probably won't come as much of a surprise that the Japaneses new is reporting that Toyota plans to recall 270,000 Priuses in Japan and the United States.
According to msnbc.com:
"Japan's top business newspaper, Nihon Keizai, reported Friday that
Toyota will soon notify Japan's transport ministry and the U.S.
Department of Transportation of the recall."
"We have no information on any decision to recall the Prius," said John
Hanson, a Toyota spokesman at the company's U.S. sales arm in Torrance,
Calif. He said the company is working with the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration on a preliminary evaluation of the problem.
Take a look at the complete list of recalled Toyota cars HERE.
And click HERE for a video demonstration of what to do if your car accelerates out of control.
Toyota says that this latest problem is a software glitch that effects
the car's regenerative braking system on bumpy roads, but that it has
solved the issues with cars sold this year.
Check out a recent video review of the 2010 Prius HERE.
NHTSA said that it has received 124 complaints from drivers of the
newest Prius including 4 reports that involved alleged accidents.
The federal investigation will look into momentary loss of braking power when the car is traveling over bumpy of uneven roads.
The older and previous generation of Prius is being recalled by Toyota, but not to a software glitch,
instead because of the possibility of the car's floormat getting stuck
under the accelerator pedal causing the car to speed out of control.
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