Automaker Toyota calls worldwide with 1.9 million copies of their hybrid Prius back. Due to an error in the computer system of the cars, there is a chance that the hybrid system during the drive fails. In the Netherlands, this led to 32 cases.
It comes to the third generation Toyota Prius models between 2009 and 2014 are produced. If the problem occurs, the car can still continue, but with less power. Worldwide affects the recall of 1.9 million vehicles, reports The New York Times. In the Netherlands there are 32 cases of the problem are known and are 18.872 cars recalled, reports Toyota, the Netherlands. There are, according to the automaker still no accidents have happened as a result of the defect.
According to Toyota it is a problem with the software for the inverter/converter in the car. That is the part that energy from the battery into energy for the electric motors. In large power line surges, it may occur that the transistors in the system to overheat and melt, causing the hybrid system shuts itself off. The solution to the problem is a software update, which fill little more than half an hour. Thereafter, the power line surges better regulated. With an over-the-air update system would this patch can be applied without that the cars have to be recalled, but that has the Toyota Prius is not.
