Toyota New Zealand is voluntarily recalling all 260 2010 Prius models it has sold to update the braking system software.
Customers in America and Japan had reported a slight delay in braking reaction on some surfaces. However the brakes were working, Toyota NZ chief executive Alistair Davis told the New Zealand Press Association (NZPA).
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If the driver applied light pressure over a slippery patch there was a slight delay in pedal feel as the ABS took over the braking system.
The car would stop if the driver braked harder, but it could be disconcerting, Davis said.
Toyota was writing to the 260 New Zealand owners to assure them the company had complete confidence in the system, and had decided to launch a voluntary recall of the vehicles to change the software.
The fault, which the company said was not dangerous, was corrected in assembly line cars last month.
Reports elsewhere over the weekend suggested the company would announce a recall of around 3,500 vehicles in the UK with many times that number worldwide.
“We will make an announcement soon on the action we plan to take,” a company spokesman told the Daily Telegraph on Sunday. It was not clear if this would be a full recall or a service campaign.
