Toyota announced that they are recalling 109,000 Prius v. The problem lies in the hybrid system software. In the affected vehicles, the software settings might lead to a greater thermal stress of some transistors and the hybrid system is likely to be damaged.
If this happens, various warning lamps will illuminate on the dashboard and the car will go into safe mode. Indeed, in rare cases, the hybrid system can stop working while the vehicle is running, resulting in a loss of power.
