Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Toyota Recalls 109,000 Prius V Hybrids for Stalling

2012 Toyota Prius v

Toyota is recalling 109,000 Prius V hybrids in the U.S. that can potentially stall while driving, the company said Wednesday.

The 2012–2014 Prius V (the wagon thing, not the egg-shaped hatch) has two ECUs managing the hybrid and electric motor that can burn out their transistors and send the car into a limp-home mode or completely disable the power without warning. Toyota said it would update the ECU software at a later date. A total of about 625,000 cars are affected worldwide.





In February 2014, Toyota recalled 700,000 regular Prius models from 2010–2014 for a similar problem where the transistors could fail and shut down the entire car. Dealers updated software for the same ECUs.

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