Toyota Recalls 650K Priuses

Cooling pump problem could lead to overheating, power loss
By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 30, 2010 8:11 AM CST
Toyota Recalls 650K Priuses
In this file photo made Feb. 9, 2010, a Toyota emblem is seen on the front of a 2010 Toyota Prius hybrid in the repair shop of a Toyota dealership, in Norwood, Mass.   (AP Photo/Steven Senne, file)

Toyota today issued another recall of its Prius, this time recalling 650,000 of the hybrids to fix a faulty cooling pump, reports the Wall Street Journal. The problem could lead to overheating and loss of power, but thus far hadn't resulted in accidents; Toyota, however, appears to be erring on the side of caution after earlier accelerator problems caused it to recall 8.5 million Priuses.
(More Toyota Prius stories.)

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