Toyota Hybrid Recall: Prius and Other Models Included in Car Reminder for Stall Problems

Toyota is recalling 2.43 million hybrid vehicles due to potential stall problems, including some Prius automobiles.

The company said Friday that in rare cases, vehicles may not enter a "fail-safe" driving mode, as well as lose power and stall. Power steering and braking would continue to work, but stalling at a high speed could increase the chances of an accident.

The recall concerns some Toyota Prius and Auris hybrids manufactured from October 2008 to November 2014. More than 800,000 vehicles in the United States will participate in this recall, Toyota said in a statement.

The vehicles were involved in a previous recall that did not solve the unplanned problem that was being resolved, the company said in a statement.

A Toyota dealer in California pointed to the problem earlier this year when he sued Toyota for what he considered an inadequate solution to the safety problem.

A driver said CBS this morning that she was driving on the fast track in January on a busy Los Angeles highway when her 2010 Toyota Prius hybrid went bad.

"The experience was terrifying," said Kathleen Ryan. "It was as if someone had actuated the emergency brake.I mean I could not believe what was happening, you press the accelerator and nothing is wrong. Is past. "

Toyota said it would update the vehicle software to fix the problem for free.

The recall concerns 1.25 million vehicles in Japan, 807,000 in the United States, 290,000 in Europe and 3,000 in China and the rest in the world.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it was reviewing complaints and other information provided by the public and that she was consulting Toyota before Friday's recall.

"Prius owners of the 2010-2014 model year recalled and the 2012-2014 Prius V model year should benefit from the free repair as soon as they are notified by Toyota" , says the release. "All car owners are encouraged to regularly check their Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) for any open reminder on Nhtsa.gov/recalls."

Toyota said it received three reports in Japan about the problem at the end of September and reported them to the Ministry of Transport. They did not involve any accidents.

He would not comment on incidents outside Japan, claiming that it was difficult to be certain of the real cases.

The recall is intended to address situations in which the failure of a specific component, associated with a sudden acceleration, could result in a loss of power to the vehicle instead of switching to fail-safe driving.