“TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp is recalling about 242,000gas-electric hybrid vehicles worldwide, including the bestselling Prius model, due to a brake design flaw, the automaker said on Wednesday.
Toyota is recalling the Prius produced between March and October 2009, and the Lexus HS 250hmade between June and October 2009, spokeswoman Shino Yamada said.
The recalled vehicles could experience greater stopping distances when braking because of amechanical design flaw in a brake part, Yamada said.
That part, the brake pressure accumulator, could crack with fatigue and release nitrogen gas into the brake fluid, she said, adding that no accidents, injuries or deaths have been reported as a result of the defect….”
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