JAPAN: Toyota recalls its Prius model

Record ID: 464225

  • Title: JAPAN: Toyota recalls its Prius model
  • Date: 10th February 2010
  • Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (FEBRUARY 09, 2010) (REUTERS) (BEWARE OF FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY) TRANSPORT MINISTRY BUILDING (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) TOYOTA MANAGING OFFICER HIROYUKI YOKOYAMA WALKING IN, BOWING TO A TRANSPORT MINISTRY OFFICIAL AND SAYING: "In regards to Prius' brake problem, we have decided to recall the Prius models since customers' safety is our priority." JOURNALISTS IN THE ROOM (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) TOYOTA MANAGING OFFICER HIROYUKI YOKOYAMA HANDING IN OFFICIAL RECALL REGISTRATION PAPERWORK TO TRANSPORT MINISTRY OFFICIAL AND SAYING: "We will do our best to regain trust from our customers and to complete the task as quickly as possible. We continue to look forward to your assistance, thank you very much." OFFICIAL RECALL REGISTRATION PAPERWORK YOKOYAMA BOWING
  • Embargoed: 25th February 2010 12:00
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  • Location: Japan
  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: Industry,Transport
  • Reuters ID: LVAAP341E1C4L1OW231CFZBDUBTE
  • Story Text: Toyota Motor Corp issues a recall filing of 223,068 cars in Japan across four hybrid models -- the newest Prius model, the Prius PHV (plug-in hybrid), the SAI and the Lexus HS250h.
    Toyota Motor Corp will recall around 436,000 hybrid cars worldwide, including the 2010 Prius model, according to a document obtained by Reuters on Tuesday (February 9).
    Toyota's Managing Officer Hiroyuki Yokoyama visited the Transport Ministry in Tokyo on Tuesday as the Japanese automaker formally issued a recall filing of 223,068 cars in Japan across four hybrid models -- the newest Prius model, the Prius PHV (plug-in hybrid), the SAI and the Lexus HS250h.
    Of those, 199,666 are the Prius, Japan's top-selling car in 2009 and the world's most popular hybrid model.
    "In regards to Prius' brake problem, we have decided to recall the Prius models since customers' safety is our priority," Yokoyama told a transport ministry official while handing in an official recall paperwork.
    "We will do our best to regain trust from our customers and to complete the task as quickly as possible. We continue to look forward to your assistance, thank you very much," added Yokoyama.
    Outside Japan, Toyota will recall about 213,000 hybrid cars, including about 150,000 in North America, the document, which has not been made public, showed.
    Japan's transport ministry said Toyota President Akio Toyota would meet with Minister Seiji Maehara at 5:30 p.m. (0830 GMT), when he is expected to apologise for a series of recalls spanning the globe.
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