Lexus Tarnished: HS250h Recalled For Brake Issues Due To “Software Glitch”
By Gunnar Heinrich :: IMG :: Lexus HS250h at Detroit Auto Show via WeBlogSurf
LEXUS’ HS250h shares its hybrid heart ‘n soul along with plenty of components with its more mainstream eco-packaged Toyota Prius. Now, it will share in a recall over brakes that “fail” over rough terrain, too.
Cryptic as such an explanation may seem, there have been hundreds of complaints on both sides of the Pacific which has finally led Toyota management to bow deeply (again) and take one to the chin by shelling out for an expensive recall (again).
The BBC reports:
The brake problem was thought to affect about 270,000 Prius models that were sold in the US and Japan starting last May.
Toyota blames a software glitch and says it has already fixed vehicles sold this year.
Hybrid Sai, sold only in Japan, and Lexus HS250h, sold globally, would also be recalled, the company said on Tuesday.
Japanese authorities originally led the consumer advocacy charge, but, not to be cut to the quick on matters of consumer safety, Uncle Sam’s NHTSA has also announced its own investigation on brake issues related to Priuses and Lexus HS’s.
The L-badge will never be the same.
[Source: BBC]
About the Author: Gunnar Heinrich is publisher of Automobiles De Luxe online and is executive producer of the Automobiles De Luxe Television series on PBS member station CPTV.
BMW Trucks | Feb 9, 2010 | Reply
That’s a big recall. Almost a many grands may be supposed to spend on the entire of the recall. Just by fixing the issue of Software glitch, if Toyota can recollect its pretty well image in the automotive industry, its really a kind of small or can say a cheap deal for Toyota.
Sybarite | Feb 9, 2010 | Reply
And to be clear, there were no complaints over the HS 250h brakes in Japan or the US, but it’s getting swept up in the Prius brake recall, for which there have been complaints and a handful of pedestrian injury accidents (fortunately no more than that).