Prius Recalls: Red-faced Toyota Executives Finally Issue Recalls For Prius Brake Problems
February 9th, 2010 admin
Toyota today finally recalling more than 400,000 Prius hybrid cars what what has been known at least for weeks – that some have problems with their brake systems that cause a short delay before engaging under some conditions. This recall is on top of the 8 million vehicles Toyota has recalled around the world for problems with sticky accelators that
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