Toyota has announced that it will recall 55,519 hybrid cars in the UK as part of a 2.4 million-car global recall.
Auris, Toyota Prius and Toyota Prius++ hybrid cars with the 1.8-litre engine, built between October 2008 and November 2014, are affected.
The fault, according to Toyota, is a software issue that could cause the cars to not enter a designated failsafe mode in certain situations associated with the hybrid powertrain.
Should this occur, the car could lose power and stall, although functions such as the power steering, brakes and lights would still work.
It will take around 40 minutes to fix the cars with a software update that can be carried out at owners’ local Toyota dealer.
Toyota confirmed that the recall will be carried out in accordance with DVSA guidelines but couldn’t comment on when the last cars are expected to be fixed.
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Questions for Toyota
'The fault, according to Toyota, is a software issue that could cause the cars to not enter a designated failsafe mode in certain situations associated with the hybrid powertrain. '
What are the 'certain situations'?
Is the car hardware damaged if the system doesn't enter the failsafe driving mode?
How many accidents have occurred because of this design defect?
Will Toyota pay for any repairs that have already been done because of this design defect?
Will Toyota compensate affected owners for any increased insurance premiums they are having to pay as result of accidents caused by this design defect?
Will Toyota compensate affected owners for the time and cost of having to travel to a Toyota dealer for the recall software update?
Hybrids
I'm a bit undecided on Hybrids and at the moment I can't see much of a financial reason unless you pay company car taxes. Long term, well it's just one more thing to go wrong, which it has in this case.
Hybrids and ev’s are the future they said....
....pfffffft!
Thekrankis wrote:
If youre deciding that hybrids are not the future based on one recall of Toyota hybrids, then just check out all the recalls of non hybrid cars - there are many recalls from lots of manufacturers every year of petrol, diesel and hybrids.