JAPAN: Toyota readying Prius recall - report

Author: just-auto.com editorial team | 8 February 2010

Toyota Motor is set to file recalls over brake problems with its latest Prius hybrid in both the United States and Japan, in a move that will affect more than 270,000 vehicles, Japanese sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.

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