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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]