Ford Jellymoulds Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Bloomberg Breaking news... Toyota are to recall 300,000 Prius 2010 models with braking problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ford Jellymoulds Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) CNBC reported the same story... CNBC.... Toyota plans to recall an estimated 270,000 units of its new-generation Prius hybrid in the United States and Japan to fix a brake problem, the Nikkei newspaper reported Thursday. Toyota cnbc will soon file with Japan's Transport Ministry and the U.S. Department of Transportation for the recall following consumer complaints about insufficient braking on the 2010 model year Prius, the newspaper said, without citing sources. Toyota representatives in the United States were not immediately available for comment. LINK Yahoo... TOKYO (AFP) – Toyota has decided to recall an estimated 270,000 of its latest-generation Prius in Japan and the United States to fix a brake problem in the hybrid car. The Japanese automaker would shortly file with the Transport Ministry and the US Department of Transportation for the recall, The Nikkei newspaper reported. The recall will target the third-generation Prius, which was launched last May, to change the control programme for the vehicle's anti-lock brake system. The recall will cover only Priuses sold between May and December -- about 176,000 units in Japan and around 100,000 in the US -- because Toyota began using a revised programme at the start of 2010. LINK Bloomberg & CNBC are both top quality top notch business news channels look like they have been fed with DUFF information reported in the JAPANESE business newspaper NIKKEI who look like they call do with a Newspaper recall like Toyota both look DUFF companies. Edited February 5, 2010 by Ford Jellymoulds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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