Toyota Motor Corp said yesterday it was recalling around 340,000 units of its latest Prius hybrid globally to fix a parking brake issue, according to Reuters.
The recall covers the fourth-generation Prius produced between August 2015 and October 2016, and affects around 210,000 units in Japan and 94,000 units in North America, with the balance accounted for by Europe, Australia and other regions. No accidents have been reported in Japan in connection with the issue, a Toyota spokeswoman said. She declined to comment on whether any accidents had occurred overseas.
Last month, Toyota Motor North America announced a recall of approximately 7,600 units of the latest Prius in the US to fix a leaking gas airbag. It was the first recall in the US for the popular hybrid car.
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World’s Most Valueable Car still got defects.. How much value is that? Valusamy?
It just go to show even the most valuable car company CAN & DO make mistake. Please tell me which company or person DO NOT make mistakes !
All do mistakes. But when p1 does one, only one the comments can reach 9000. Oh wai
1st recall for Prius in north america after 20 years? That’s amazingly wow. 340k units sold in 1 year time, only one model? No wonder Toyota is no. one car manufacturer in the world.
Unfortunately investigation of brake malfunction on previous Prius in US no recall made,just silent under table settlement and compensation to close case.
toyota got fined US1.3 billion in 2014 for not disclosing the brake issue by lying to regulators and people were killed in several accidents linked to it.
they wont dare make the same mistake again.
Until you realise that Toyota sells 10 million vehicles annually. So, 340k Prius is only around 4% of the anual sales for Toyota. Unfortunately, in Malaysia UMW is driving the Toyota brand into the ground.
340k defects can lead to 340k accident..A big contribution to population control.
Yaa…right. especially for 3rd world country.
Shameful as they simply make cars and quickly sell it instead of properly checking everything.. This is what happen when you mass produce something when there is no proper S.O.P otherwise for sure they have carefully check everything before sells.. Its like Microsoft company, sell things first, any problems or issues can be fixed later..
It is different. You can easily patch the software when updating. Fixing cars are not that easy
This is one of the advantages of Malaysia being the last batch to receive the latest model.Other countries have to face these kind of reliable problem for being the earlier lab rat.So we get the upgraded batch after manufacturers fix it.Btw saw few this Prius as taxi in Singapore.Hidiously ugly.Unless u want a hybrid,close one eye and just drive it.Double check your brake function pls.
This will be the Best opportunity for other car company to Bash Toyota for this “parking brake” issue. Common guys, lets get your firepower’s out.
B4 you do that, please remember “Which car manufacturer do not have any issues/problems” in the first place.
inb4 bashers says ini semua salah fake jepunis, this is not tulen jepunis overlords fault
No wonder a lot of accidents increase in Malaysia
Jadi kereta yg kurang @ tak ada masalah akan membawa maut