Report: Toyota plans to recall 300,000 Priuses
By The Associated Press
This article was published February 8, 2010 at 11:10 a.m.
PHOTO BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this Feb. 6, 2010 photo, a couple check the hatchback of a Toyota Motor Corp.'s new Prius hybrid at the Toyota museum in Toyota, central Japan.
TOKYO — Toyota plans to recall about 300,000 Prius hybrids worldwide over a brake problem and will notify the U.S. and Japanese governments Tuesday, a news report said, as a top executive will testify before U.S. lawmakers over recall woes that have tarnished its reputation for quality and safety.
The recall of the gas-electric Prius will cover the latest version of the cars that went on sale since May, Kyodo News agency reported late Monday.
Kyodo, which did not identify its sources for the information, said the automaker will notify authorities in Japan and the U.S. of its plan, which will cover about 270,000 of the hybrids sold in the two countries — 170,000 in Japan and 100,000 in the U.S.
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