Ackerman Toyota, home of a wide selection of new Toyota hybrid cars near Creve Coeur is committed to keeping its loyal customers updated on the latest in Toyota recall news. For those who own a Toyota hybrid Prius V, Toyota has announced that the company “would like to service your car,” according to Toyotacars.com. This is not a recall, but rather what the Japanese automaker is calling a “service campaign” to fix an exhaust system flaw.
“Toyota will replace weak actuators—control mechanisms—in the exhaust-heat-recovery systems of the 2011-12 Prius, for free. The weakened actuators can cause engine coolants to leak, making the hybrid system’s warning light turn on and causing the car to run in safe mode. The program affects about 8,000 Prius Alpha vehicles in Japan and about 20,000 in North America, where it is known as the Prius V,” according to the Wall Street journal.
Toyota has offered to fix a control mechanism in the Prius hybrid’s exhaust system. This comes after a recall of hundreds of thousands of other vehicles recalled recently. Toyota is offering to “replace weak actuators—control mechanisms—in the exhaust-heat-recovery systems of the 2011-12 Prius, for free. The weakened actuators can cause engine coolants to leak, making the hybrid system’s warning light turn on and causing the car to run in safe mode. The program affects about 8,000 Prius Alpha vehicles in Japan and about 20,000 in North America, where it is known as the Prius V.”
Toyota Prius is now the top selling car in Japan and although Prius is one of the best selling vehicles in Toyota’s lineup; despite some recent minor problems with the popular hybrid.
Toyota is volunteering to recall 70,000 Vista, Corna, and Nadia models due to problems with engine bolts which could break while the vehicles engines are running. The report also stated that Toyota would recall 834 Hiace and Regius Ace wheel chair accessible vehicles in order to make adjustments so the vehicles will meet safety regulations. This recall only applied to Toyota cars in Japan.
Last month Toyota recalled over 680,000 Tacoma, Camry, and Venza models manufactured in North America for problems with brake lights and airbags.
Toyota announced that the company made some dramatic changes to vehicle development last year. The Toyota Prius C was cited as the highlight of the reconstruction plan which indicates that Prius is the prime focus of Toyota’s future achievement tactic.
2010 Toyota Hybrid Prius Review
Many times vehicles that deliver good fuel economy come up short when it comes to power and performance, but with the Prius, fuel economy is delivered without compromise. A more spacious interior cabin and added power contribute to the appeal of the Toyota Hybrid.
According to reviewers today’s buyer looks for a high mpg low maintenance vehicle and the 2010 Toyota Prius Hybrid is a perfect choice. The Prius offers more power than previous generation Prius models and reviewers say that the drive is more like a regular non hybrid car. According to BestCars; “its interior is well constructed with high quality materials. A high-tech theme, complete with an innovative “touch tracer display” designed to allow the driver to adjust climate and entertainment functions without taking their eyes off the road, gives it a unique personality.
“What’s most surprising about the Prius is what a fine midsize car it would be even if it didn’t get such terrific fuel economy,” according to Consumer Guide.
“When gas prices go back up, you’ll wish you had one.” — New York Times
” It’s the same oddly shaped hybrid that almost two million buyers love, but it gets better mileage, looks sharper and is packing more technological whiz-bangery than any vehicle this simple to drive has the right to.” — Autoblog
“The 2010 Toyota Prius is almost all-new in almost every department. It does just about everything the previous Prius did better.” — AutoWeek
“With the new, third-generation Prius, Toyota is aiming to broaden the car’s appeal beyond the green set.” — Automobile Magazine
“It created a segment, it changed minds, it validated a technology, it raised awareness. It united blue-collar workers and university professors in a brotherhood and sisterhood of thrift. It’s cool. It’s dorky. If everyone drove one, we could tell OPEC to kiss our behinds. I’ll take mine in red.” — Los Angeles Times