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Toyota Prius marks three million worldwide sales

Toyota & Lexus Recall Some Hybrids Over Safety Fears

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Toyota and Lexus will conduct a recall involving certain Toyota Prius, Auris and Lexus CT200h models which affects 72,885 vehicles in the UK. The subject vehicles are equipped with an evaporative fuel emissions control unit (canister) mounted in the fuel tank. There is a possibility that cracks could develop in the coating of the emissions channel due to improper shaping of portions of the channel. As a result of this condition, the cracks could expand over time and, eventually, fuel may leak from these cracks when the vehicle has a full tank of petrol.

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Toyota Prius Gen 3

RECALL ALERT: Some Toyota Prius Models Recalled to Correct Software Issue

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Toyota has announced a recall today for some of its current, third-generation Prius models to correct a potential problem with the hybrid system’s boost converter software. The recall affects 30,790 UK-registered Prius cars.  Worldwide, there have been no reports of any accidents or injuries relating to this issue.  In Europe Toyota has recorded 11 field

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2012 Toyota Avalon Hybird

Toyota USA Announces Voluntary Recall for over 800,000 Cars

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Toyota America has announced it will conduct a voluntary safety recall of approximately 803,000 Model Year 2012-2013 Camry, Camry Hybrid, Avalon, Avalon Hybrid, and Venza vehicles due to a problem with the air conditioning condenser unit housing. In the involved vehicles, water from the air conditioning condenser unit housing could leak onto the airbag control

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Tesla Motors Model S Partial Recall

Model S Partial Recall

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Tesla has announced they are recalling a few cars for a minor problem regarding a weld/bond on a rear seat bracket.  Reading the Tesla Motors Blog entry by CEO Elon Musk, it is clear that this only affects very few cars and that Tesla are being proactive in dealing with and rectifying the problem. It’s

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