Toyota recalls close to one million hybrid vehicles in US.

ABC World News Tonight (10/5, story 10, 0:20, Muir, 8.25M) broadcast that Toyota is “recalling more than 2 million hybrids over power failure concerns – 800,000 vehicles here in the US” – with “the recall affecting Toyota Prius models built between 2008 and 2014.” According to ABC World News Tonight, certain vehicles can stall “after failing to enter the fail-safe driving mode.”

        CBS News (10/5, 4.39M) reports Toyota “company said Friday that in rare cases the vehicles might fail to enter a ‘failsafe’ driving mode, lose power and stall.” In a statement, NHTSA said, “Owners of recalled model year 2010-2014 Prius and model year 2012-2014 Prius V vehicles should get the free repair when notified by Toyota. All car owners are encouraged to routinely check their vehicle identification number (VIN) for any open recall on Nhtsa.gov/recalls.”