There is the possibility that the soldering of transistors inside one of the hybrid system was inadequate, these cars Toyota was announced by Wednesday's (29.6.) in Cologne. This could lead to overheating of the transistor module. Burn the backup in the worst case, and the hybrid system turn off. "The vehicle rolls out and can no longer be started," a company spokeswoman said. "There is worldwide no reports of accidents in connection with this problem."
Worldwide, the recall concerns a total 61.362 vehicles of the types of Lexus RX 400 h and 49.986 Toyota Highlander HV. All holders of 1,667 vehicles from 24 September 2004 to August 9 2006 the production period concerned in Germany be contacted and asked in their vehicles in the workshops. The review of the component takes only about ten minutes. Should a repair be required, this would take
Toyota had made in the past two years with a series of recalls negative headlines. Most recently the company had recalled millions cars in February in the workshops. Recalls of the previous years concerned including sliding mats and clamping accelerators.
