Concern over the safety of Toyota vehicles veered in a new direction Wednesday after Japanese and U.S. authorities said they are investigating more than 100 complaints of brake malfunctions in the ...
TOKYO (AP) – Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 340,000 gas-electric hybrid Prius cars around the world, 212,000 of them in Japan and 94,000 in North America, for a defect in their parking brakes. Toyota ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Toyota faced mounting pressure Thursday as the government opened a probe of brake problems with the Prius, a crown jewel of its lineup. The beleaguered automaker said it was “too ...
Toyota is set to pull 270,000 of its eco-friendly Prius vehicles off the road because of dangerously faulty brakes, just days after the company issued a recall for eight other models, according to a ...
Reporting from Los Angeles and El Cajon, Calif. — James Sikes bought his Toyota Prius in 2008, and 53,000 miles later the car was driving fine. But on Monday afternoon, when he accelerated to pass ...
A Japanese newspaper Thursday reported that Toyota was issuing a recall of 270,000 units of its popular hybrid Prius to repair a problem with its brakes, but a U.S. spokesman for the company said he ...
The Prius was not part of the most recent recall, but Japan's transport ministry ordered the company to investigate complaints of brake problems with the hybrid. LaHood said his department, too, was ...
Toyota has filed papers to recall about 223,000 hybrid cars in Japan, including the Prius, for braking problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety problems at the world's largest ...
Toyota's Prius has certainly withstood the test of time, and for the 2023 model year, there is an entirely new generation out. It looks better than ever, boasts enhanced everything, and is still ...