Not able to find a more authoritative source, but this recent article indicates recall for 2022 PPs and the regular Prius. Looks like 2017-21 PPs are not part of recall. Toyota Prius Cars Recalled Because Hybrid Systems May Shut Down | CarComplaints.com
seems like this issue has been with toyota for 20 years, not sure why they can't get it right after all this time
Fine tuning fail-safe coding is an endless process. It's why Tesla uses OTA updates. Toyota will be doing the same later, starting with the bZ brand.
According to Japanese source news I read, Toyota just announced the recall of 39 models, 111,842 vehicles manufactured between April-August 2021. The number maybe just for the Japanese market, but it is not just Prius but many other hybrid models I assume. And, my 2021 PP has a manufacture date of May 2021. It may be covered by the recall. Certainly, many other late 2021 models would fall in the interval.
Quote from the OP's link" "The U.S. Toyota Prius and Prius Prime recall includes about 8,400 cars, and in Canada about 1,112 Prius vehicles will need repairs by dealers." The number of vehicles seems very low; just some limited VIN range?
Is there more info on this in a previous gen forum? Should I drive it a lot less? I like taking it out for road trips.
I know the 2022 I just got was on hold at the port to check if it was part of the recall a day after we started the process to buy it but then it was fine and released.
Low? Toyota has hardly made any 2022 vehicles because of the chip shortage. Dealers have nothing in the inventory.
If this is the same 21TA07 recall that got posted about the other day, the problem here is in misdetecting the shifter position, which I sure don't remember reading about with any other Toyota for 20 years. Are we going to lump together every firmware update they've issued in 20 years for completely different issues and wonder why they can't get "it" right?
how about we lump them together as 'car may shut down on a busy road, and you might die'? for the record, in 50years of driving many vehicles, toyota's are the only ones that have ever had to be recalled for dropping dead in the middle of the road.
Actually stalling is one of the most common causes of recall for any make. GM Recalls Some 2021 Full-Size SUVs for Stall Risk | Kelley Blue Book. Ford Focus Cars Recalled Over Stall Risk - Consumer Reports Volkswagen stall recall | USA Today And many more...
I had a 2000 VW Jetta that did that to me while driving on the freeway. Luckily it regained power a couple of seconds later. It was a manual transmission, so who knows what the error was. Backstory: My family used to drive VWs exclusively ... until they move manufacturing to Mexico. We had several iterations of Jettas that were manufactured in Germany and lasted well over 200,000 miles with no issues. We didn't even know they had moved manufacturing until the 1995 Jetta had problems right out of the gate. It idled really roughly and had almost no power. The dealer repeatedly claimed there was nothing wrong with it. I can remember one conversation where it was idling rough while sitting in the shop and the tech told me straight to my face: "I can hear it misfiring and when you're sitting in the car you can feel it, but the computer says there's nothing wrong so there's nothing I can do." Drove that thing around until I got a 2000 Jetta that had multiple major issues that made me swear off VW and drove me to purchase my first Toyota.
