The Transportation Department said Thursday it will investigate brake problems in the 2010 Toyota Prius after the automaker acknowledged a defect and its recent recall of several of its most popular ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that it was investigating the brake problems reported by owners of the 2010 Prius, a model that hasn’t been recalled by Toyota. Yet. But ...

WASHINGTON - Americans should park their recalled Toyotas unless driving to dealers for accelerator repairs, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood warned Wednesday - then quickly took it back - as ...

TOKYO. - Toyota is acknowledging that it has started fixing problems with the brakes in its Prius hybrid, but it hasn't decided about a recall which would add some of the newer Prius models to the ...

From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel. From the accelerator to the brake, more bad news today for Toyota. The automaker's latest trouble comes from a brake problem on the ...

How far back do potential braking problems with the Toyota Prius go? Research into complaints filed with the federal government and other sources suggest the problem may not be restricted to new, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Transportation Department opened an investigation Thursday into brake problems in the 2010 Prius, the latest in a series of safety troubles at Toyota that have confused drivers ...

Toyota Motor Corp., under fire from fresh quality complaints about its popular Prius hybrid, says it conducted a software fix to address reports of slipping brakes. But the world's biggest carmaker ...

A Japanese news network is reporting that Toyota is recalling its best-selling Prius hybrid due to concerns about brake problems. Toyota denies any recall for now. This is a totally different issue ...

Japan's transport ministry said it had received at least 13 complaints about Prius brakes in the two months to January alone. Toyota Motor, reeling from a public-relations fiasco over accelerator ...

(AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. has been hit by over 100 complaints in the U.S. and Japan about brake problems with the popular Prius hybrid, the latest in a spate of quality troubles for the automaker as ...