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BY Tali Aaron : February 9

Toyota Recalls Nearly Half a Million 2010 Prius Hybrids

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It's happened.  Toyota has finally recalled its 2010 Prius.  That totals nearly half a million Prius and other hybrid cars recalled for braking problems, in addition to Toyota's other recall of nearly 8 million cars as a result of slipping floormats and sticky accelerator pedals.  Toyota is currently being blamed for 19 deaths and numerous injuries in the U.S. over the last decade, and the company is facing potential litigation for crashes linked to their cars' sticky accelerators.

Toyota said it was recalling a total of 437,000 units of its 2010 Prius, Sai, Prius PHV (plug-in hybrid) and Lexus HS250h hybrids globally, including 155,000 in North America, 223,000 in Japan and 53,000 in Europe. The company believes it will take 40 minutes per car to fix the break problem. Toyota will face further scrutiny on Wednesday when its North America Chief Executive Yoshimi Inaba will testify about the recall process to Congress before the House Oversight Committee in Washington.

via cnet

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  2. buildaroo on June 5, 2012 at 4:47 am


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  3. buildaroo on November 6, 2011 at 1:15 pm


    Toyota Recalls Nearly Half a Million 2010 Prius Hybrids http://t.co/jiRJikkS #eco #cleantech #greenbuilding #renewableenergy


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  7. [...] January of this year, however, Toyota issued yet another recall of 2.3 million vehicles for a possible sticking accelerator pedal, further darkening the [...]


  8. [...] Sikes was driving normally when the problem started, “I pushed the gas pedal to pass a car and it did something kind of funny… it jumped and it just stuck there. As it was going, I was trying the brakes…it wasn’t stopping, it wasn’t doing anything and it just kept speeding up.”  Sikes claims he won’t drive the car until the issue is solved. Toyota’s field technicians are investigating the Prius to determine if this is an isolated incident or if they will have to add another hybrid model to their recall list. [...]

  9. txtgreen on February 9, 2010 at 11:42 pm


    RT @buildaroo Toyota recalls nearly half a million 2010 Prius Hybrids http://bit.ly/atcrdt #fuel-efficient #cars #energy #green #eco #...

  10. buildaroo on February 9, 2010 at 3:21 pm


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    • Dream4Green on February 9, 2010 at 3:26 pm


      @buildaroo are recall considered green if it is for a prius?

      • buildaroo on February 9, 2010 at 11:28 pm


        @Dream4Green Not sure wht u mean. Interestingly, the recall isn't due 2 any of the hybrid features failing. Seems totally unrelated.

        • CF_Windows on February 10, 2010 at 2:20 pm


          @buildaroo What's up Buildaroo! I have never introduced myself. So hello. Who does the tweeting for you guys? I'm Arron

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