As many as 20,000 Toyota Prius owners have had electric power system failures after the company recalled their vehicles in 2014 and attempted to remedy a safety defect by modifying software.

Early in 2014, Toyota filed a voluntary recall notice with the NHTSA to fix a defect in roughly 800,000 third-generation Prius Liftback hybrids sold in the U.S. from 2010 through 2014. The company ...

Felo had taken the Prius to a Toyota dealer a few weeks earlier for a 2018 safety recall. New software was installed to fix an overheating problem in the electrical power system.

It began two smaller recalls of its Highlander sport utility vehicles, covering 2006 to 2010 models, about a year before the Prius recall to remedy overheating problems in a nearly identical inverter.

A Toyota mechanic traced the problem to the car's inverter, which controls the transfer of electricity between the battery and two electric motors. Ryan's Prius was among roughly 800,000 ...

Toyota's 2018 recall differs not only from its 2014 recall, but also from its approach in the recall of its 2006 to 2010 Highlander hybrids, which also had an inverter overheating problem.

However, after the initial recall, Toyota responded to the issue by updating the inverter software, even though the inverter failure problem persisted.

At Roger Hogan's Toyota dealership in Claremont, customers can view new and used vehicles - but anyone interested in purchasing a used 2010 to 2015 Prius will have to go elsewhere.

A California Toyota dealer has filed a lawsuit against the Japan-based car company citing safety concerns regarding its Prius models.

As many as 20,000 Toyota Prius owners have had electric power system failures after the company recalled their vehicles in 2014 and attempted to remedy a safety defect by modifying software.The dis… ...

Toyota’s 2018 recall differs not only from its 2014 recall, but also from its approach in the recall of its 2006 to 2010 Highlander hybrids, which also had an inverter overheating problem.