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Toyota Initiates Another Prius Recall For Inverter Failures
Original reporting: Toyota expands Prius recall, reveals up to 20,000 hybrid inverters failed (Los Angeles Times)
Related: Toyota Prius Stalling Problems Continue, Highlighted by a Dealer’s Lawsuit over Five-Year Problem (Car and Driver)
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Source: International Business Times
Toyota Initiates Another Prius Recall For Inverter Failures
By Dawn Geske
07/02/19 AT 3:15 PM
Toyota Motor Corporation (TM) has issued a recall of its Prius c vehicles because the electric power system may fail. The recall affects about 500 cars, the company said.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Toyota began notifying U.S. dealers that it was expanding the electric power system recall to now include Prius c models produced in 2018. When the first recall was made in 2014, and it reportedly covered 800,000 vehicles in the U.S. with the model years 2010 to 2014. A second recall for the issue was made in October 2018.
The power system failure deals with the vehicle’s inverter, which takes power from the battery and converts to alternating current. The inverter in the Prius cars was overheating and frying internal high-power transistors, which could lead to a loss of power and could strand drivers, the Los Angeles Times said.
With the initial recall, Toyota remedied the issue by updating the inverter software. Toyota also responded to the inverter issue by replacing the component under an extended warranty coverage if they failed but did not replace all of the inverters in all affected Prius vehicles, according to the news outlet.
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By Dawn Geske
07/02/19 AT 3:15 PM
Toyota Motor Corporation (TM) has issued a recall of its Prius c vehicles because the electric power system may fail. The recall affects about 500 cars, the company said.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Toyota began notifying U.S. dealers that it was expanding the electric power system recall to now include Prius c models produced in 2018. When the first recall was made in 2014, and it reportedly covered 800,000 vehicles in the U.S. with the model years 2010 to 2014. A second recall for the issue was made in October 2018.
The power system failure deals with the vehicle’s inverter, which takes power from the battery and converts to alternating current. The inverter in the Prius cars was overheating and frying internal high-power transistors, which could lead to a loss of power and could strand drivers, the Los Angeles Times said.
With the initial recall, Toyota remedied the issue by updating the inverter software. Toyota also responded to the inverter issue by replacing the component under an extended warranty coverage if they failed but did not replace all of the inverters in all affected Prius vehicles, according to the news outlet.
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Read more: https://www.ibtimes.com/toyota-initiates-another-prius-recall-inverter-failures-2804343