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Toyota Motor Corp. Recall more than 2 million of its iconic Prius hybrids in the world on the risk that a software malfunction will result in an accident.
Out of a total of about 2.43 million vehicles affected, 94% are Prius and their derivatives, the hybrid version of the Auris compact sedan constituting the rest, said Toyota spokesman Jean-Yves Friday. Jault. About 1.25 million cars are in Japan and 830,000 in North America, he said. Vehicles in Europe, China and other regions are also affected.
This is the second recall of the Prius in the space of a month, the previous one involving more than one million hybrid cars due to the risk of fire. Vehicles under the current recall had already been recalled in February 2014 and July 2015 for a related problem, Jault said.
Toyota (TM) shares changed little at the close of trading in Tokyo.
According to a company statement, a security mode designed to engage in the event of a hybrid system failure may not be activated due to a software problem, causing the car to crash. If this happens at higher speeds, the risk of accident is increased. The company had received three reports from Japan about the problem at the end of September, but was not aware of any accident in the country, Jault said.
This is one of Toyota's most important non-airbag recall from Takata Corp. and the 2009 unintentional acceleration crisis. In 2016, Toyota also recalled approximately 2.87 million cars, including the Prius for leaking fuel tanks, and 1.43 million additional vehicles, mainly Prius. for airbags other than Takata.
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