Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) is
recalling a number of
Toyota Prius units for an issue with its
power management engine control unit (ECU).
The affected vehicle are
65 units of the Toyota Prius
produced between April 16, 2009, and April 3, 2013.
According to the Japanese carmaker, when the vehicle
encounters certain errors with its hybrid system, it is
designed to go into a failsafe driving mode. Toyota, however, has discovered that there are freak occurrences when the Prius will
not go into a failsafe driving mode as intended. Instead, the vehicle
could lose power and stall, and while the steering and braking would remain operation, a stall at high speed could
result in a crash.
As such, TMP has issued a
special service campaign for the issue where it will
reprogram the power management ECU
at no cost to its customers.
If you're one of the affected Prius owners, you'll have to wait for TMP to get in contact with you as the reprogramming software is supposedly still "under preparation." As soon as it becomes available though, TMP will notify concerned customers "through Official Notification Letters and invite them to bring their vehicles to Toyota Dealers for the special service."
