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08 Mar 2010 23:38

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Biz: 911 cell phone caller: “HELP! MY PRIUS WON’T STOP!”

  • Police had to help them stop their vehicle. Everyone’s favorite barrel fish to shoot, the broken Toyota accelerator, reared its ugly head again tonight when someone in one of the hybrids could not stop their vehicle, at one point going as fast as 94 miles an hour. While the Prius in the past hasn’t suffered from the sticking pedal problems that Toyota’s other cars do, it does suffer from braking system issues (the 2010 model), along with a gas pedal that can get caught in the floor mat (the 2004-2009 models). source
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09 Feb 2010 10:04

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Biz: Sucks to be a Prius owner: Toyota’s forced to recall more cars

  • 400,000 cars added to the recall, mostly Priuses, due to brake problems
  • 8 million cars have been recalled total, a fairly unbelievable number source
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04 Feb 2010 23:27

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Biz: Toyota could call for a recall of their Japanese Priuses

  • 200,000 hybrids to be recalled? source
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04 Feb 2010 09:58

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Biz: Toyota says an evil computer is causing the Prius’ brake problems

  • This company has just had a lot of hell lately, haven’t they? A software glitch is to blame for the 2010 Prius’ brake issues. It causes a one-second disconnect between the brakes and the computer – long enough to go 90 feet if  you’re driving at 60mph. They plan to offer a fix for it, but one thing they aren’t doing is offering a recall. The Prius, BTW, doesn’t have the accelerator problems that caused many of the company’s non-hybrid cars to get recalled. source
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03 Feb 2010 10:38

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Biz: Toyota’s myriad car problems extend to another pedal

  • accelerator The car company just recalled a ton of vehicles due to a faulty accelerator which would get stuck. They’re in deep doo-doo.
  • brakes Now, Toyota’s getting reports of malfunctioning brakes on its Prius hybrid cars in Japan. Tokyo has pressured them to investigate. source
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13 Jan 2009 16:46

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Tech: The skinny on the new Toyota Prius

  • 50 mpg The mileage on the third-generation model of the hybrid. That’s 4 mpg more than the last one.
  • $22,000 Cost of the new model, which also includes more cargo space and solar cells on the roof designed to cool the car’s interior down on hot days. source
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