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Update: Japan orders Toyota to investigate Prius brake problems

Published on February 3, 2010 in Manufacturer Update and Recalls. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

Automotive News is reporting that the Japanese Ministry of Transportation has ordered Toyota to look into customer complaints about the brakes on its third-generation Prius model, which went on sale in 2009 as a 2010 model.  There are over 100 complaints worldwide, at least two of which caused injuries to American drivers.

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Apple Co-Founder Confounded by Prius accelerator?

Published on February 2, 2010 in Recalls. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

It seems that Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak, better known as “The Woz”, has a problem with his 2010 Prius.  Under certain cruise control conditions, it accelerates wildly.  Luckily, he can reproduce the problem repeatedly – and safely.  In a statement at Discovery forum 2010, he said, “this is software. It’s not a bad accelerator pedal. It’s very scary, but luckily for me I can hit the brakes.”  This would indicate that Toyota has more than just bad hardware to contend with.  The interesting thing is, Wozniak said he spent 3 months trying to get Toyota and the NHTSA to look into the problem, with no result.

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