It has not been a positive few weeks for Toyota.  Recently, the company announced a massive recall of more than 2 million vehicles because of problems with the accelerator pedal.  Now, just days later, the company is beginning a recall of its best-selling brand and most prominent model of recent times, the Prius.  This represents only the latest in a string of Toyota recalls dating back to last year.

According to the Wall Street Journal:

“A reluctant Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday announced a global recall of its flagship Prius and other gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles, even as executives suggested they weren’t required to do so.

Toyota’s quality chief, Shinichi Sasaki, said at a press conference here that the problematic brake systems in the recalled cars “meet safety standards,” a comment implying the company isn’t required legally to recall the vehicles. But Toyota decided to take action and update software that controls the brake system in order to “be in accordance with the spirit” of those standards, Mr. Sasaki said.”

It’s believed that the recall affects more than 400,000 Prius vehicles.  The brake systems have shown themselves to be dangerous in different models around the world, and the recall reaches from the United States to Japan to other markets on different continents.

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