Toyota is recalling 109,000 Prius V hybrids in the U.S. that can potentially stall while driving, the company said Wednesday.
The 2012-2014 Prius V (the wagon thing, not the egg-shaped hatch) has two ECUs managing the hybrid and electric motor that can burn out their transistors and send the car into a limp-home mode or completely disable the power without warning. Toyota said it would update the ECU software at a later date. A total of about 625,000 cars are affected worldwide.
In February 2014, Toyota recalled 700,000 regular Prius models from 2010-2014 for a similar problem where the transistors could fail and shut down the entire car. Dealers updated software for the same ECUs.
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