Here are official answers to some of the questions we have been asked in the last few days about the third-generation Prius recall in the UK, provided by Toyota (GB).
Today, we began to carry out repairs on recalled cars. In this film, made at a Toyota Centre, a Toyota technician demonstrates exactly how this accelerator pedal fix is carried out.
Work begins this morning (Wednesday, 10 February) at 206 Toyota service centres across the UK to implement the fix to the accelerator pedal on the cars affected by the recall.
Miguel Fonseca, Managing Director of Toyota GB, describes the process for vehicles affected by the accelerator pedal recall in the UK.
Toyota today announced a global recall on the latest, third-generation Prius built before 27 January 2010. This will involve 8,500 cars in the UK. To date, there have been no accidents linked to this issue reported in Europe. No other Toyota or Lexus models are affected by this latest recall action in Europe.
Press speculation continues today regarding the 3rd Generation Prius braking system. On Friday, Akio Toyoda, President of Toyota Motor Corporation, gave a press conference, and below is an extract from his statement.
