Toyota Has Recalled Over 2 Million Prius Hybrids For This Reason

Automaker Toyota announced this week that it is recalling 2.4 million Prius hybrids around the world because they could stall while driving.

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

According to the Japanese automaker, the defect occurs in “rare situations” where a vehicle fails to “enter a fail-safe driving mode in response to certain hybrid system faults.”

Toyota explained that “the vehicle could lose power and stall. While power steering and braking would remain operational, a vehicle stall while driving at higher speeds could increase the risk of a crash.”

No crashes, injuries, or deaths have been linked to the issue by the company.

As for the solution, dealers will be applying a software fix to the Prius cars for free and customers will be notified when they can get their cars repaired.

Toyota is also recalling certain 2018 to 2019 Tundra pickup trucks and Sequoia SUVs, as well as 2019 Avalon cars, to repair an airbag defect. This will affect 188,000 vehicles worldwide roughly with 168,000 in the United States.

“Due to inappropriate programming in the airbag electronic control unit (ECU), a fault may be erroneously detected during vehicle startup which would disable one or more of the sensors used to detect crashes,” Toyota said.

“This could result in the side and curtain shield airbags and/or front and knee airbags not deploying as designed in a crash. As a result, there is an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash and regulatory requirements in certain markets may not be met.”

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