On June 24, local time in the United States, Toyota announced a recall of 267,000 Prius vehicles, including nearly 12,000 in Canada. The recalled vehicles include 2013-2015 Prius and 2014-2017 Prius V, due to the risk of sudden stalling during driving, which increases the risk of collision.
According to Toyota, when the hybrid system of the recalled vehicles encounters a problem, it will enter a fail-safe mode. When the vehicle stalls and loses power, steering and braking can still be used normally.
Toyota’s solution to this issue is that owners can have software updates done at dealerships to fix the issue of sudden stalling. If the vehicle’s inverter fails as a result, Toyota will also provide free replacement services for the inverter. Owners of the recalled vehicles will receive recall notices starting in August.
It is reported that Toyota has recalled other Prius models in 2014 and 2019 for the same stalling issue.
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