TOKYO (AP) — Toyota acknowledged that it has begun fixing problems with the brakes in its prized Prius, but remains undecided about a recall, adding to the catalog of safety woes — and muddled ...

Fredrick Stegmann was driving his Toyota Prius last week when the brakes locked. The car skidded. Luckily, he says, he didn’t hit the car in front of him. When word erupted Wednesday that the 2010 ...

Japanese automaker Toyota has launched a global recall of its redesigned Toyota Prius sedan after reports of a potentially deadly defect involving the parking brake. The company is recalling 340,000 ...

Toyota's mounting problems are falling victim to some unintended acceleration of their own and now it's the Prius brakes. [Update, 12:54 p.m. ET: CBSnews.com reported that Transportation Secretary Ray ...

From 2009 to 2011, Toyota recalled a helluva lot of Prius models for a handful of reasons. Including the SAI, Lexus HS 250h, Prius PHV, and Prius, Toyota called back 436,000 vehicles worldwide over a ...

Complaints in the U.S. and Japan about brake problems in Toyota’s popular Prius hybrid have swelled to about 180, adding to the string of quality troubles for the world’s biggest automaker. The news ...

When I last shared my Toyota Prius project with you, it had received some wheels and lowering springs and since then has been ...

TORRANCE, Calif. — Toyota USA says it is evaluating brake problems with the 2010 Prius gas-electric hybrid, but no decision has been made about a recall. Company spokesman Brian Lyons says it’s too ...

NAGOYA, Japan The Prius, a centerpiece of Japan’s cutting-edge technology, fell victim to Toyota’s widening quality crisis on Wednesday after Japanese authorities told the automaker to investigate ...

Reporting from Los Angeles and El Cajon, Calif. — James Sikes bought his Toyota Prius in 2008, and 53,000 miles later the car was driving fine. But on Monday afternoon, when he accelerated to pass ...

TOKYO — Toyota admitted Thursday that the hybrid-electric Prius had problems with its anti-lock braking system and left open the possibility of a recall, in the latest blow to the beleaguered company ...