Yet again Toyota Motor has made another global recall, in which it is getting very famous (read infamous) for. Over a period of time, there has been a long series of global recalls that this global auto leader has made. At one point of time, the Japanese car major was getting increasingly worried about the impact of its lengthy recall issues on its customers. However, the consumers seem to still have enough confidence on the auto maker, and thus it has immerged as the top automaker again. Just when Toyota seemed to have come out of its troubles, a yet another global recall series seemed to have cropped up.
This time around Toyota has again recalled its hybrid pioneer model Prius for technical faults. The Toyota Prius is still the most favored hybrid car and has had its share in its maker’s global recalls. A huge lot of the Prius has been recalled by Toyota.
Toyota has recalled 1.9 million Prius hybrid cars that were made between the time period of the month of March 2009 and the month of February 2014. The reason for this massive recall, is a malfunctioning software in the vehicles. Toyota has revealed that a total of 997,000 units of Prius from Japan, 713,000 vehicles from the US and 130,000 units from the European market as well the rest of the markets have been recalled. All the markets where the Prius Hybrids was sold in this time period are expected to be recalled by the Japanese car giant.
Toyota has revealed that the recall involves an issue in the software that controls the hybrid system of the vehicle. The company further explains that this malfunction issue of the software could potentially cause the vehicle’s transistors to be damaged which in turn can result in the warning lights going off. This problem can consequently result in increased driving power or even make the car stop.
This massive recall obviously will require a considerable time to rectify fully, but the company has assured that all the vehicles’ faulty software will be rectified and replaced as soon as possible. The company’s official website will provide ample information on the global recall to help the owners know about it. Apart from this the company’s dealerships across the nations will contact the owners individually as well. As it happens with all the recalls, the faluty software will be replaced by Toyota absolutely free of cost.
As for the Indian car market, the globally acclaimed Toyota Prius Hybrid car is sold in India as Completely Build Units (CBU). As all the Prius units manufactured in the time period of 2009 to 2014 are affected, Toyota Kirloskar India is also expected to recall all Prius units sold in India as well. Though the Prius models sold in India are considerably less in number, the company is certainly expected to rectify the software glitch in these cars as well.
Thus, Toyota Motor’s global recall woe continues and is far from being over.
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