A day after a 2008 Toyota Prius went rogue at speeds over 90mph on a California interstate, Toyota has announced that is adding a few hundred thousand more vehicles to its already record-setting global recall.
According to a spokesperson for Toyota, the specifics of the newest additions to the recall list haven’t been announced yet because the car giant “hasn’t developed the remedy yet.”
The 2008 Prius was already on the recall list for floormats that were causing the accelerator to stick to the floor of the vehicle, but Toyota had merely been telling owners to remove their floormats until a fix was figured out.
After yesterday’s incident in California, the owner of the car told reporters that he had received a recall notice and had attempted to have his vehicle serviced at a dealership, only to be told that his car was not on the list.
Last night, both Toyota and NHTSA said they were taking the Prius incident seriously and were each sending inspectors out to take a look at the car. It is not yet known if the car’s floormat was the culprit in Monday’s case of the runaway hybrid.