Toyota Recall Models and Years Updates: Toyota Recall Prius 2010: Toyota Recall Cars – Toyota Motor says the massive recalls of vehicles due to gas pedal problems could end up costing it $2 billion.

Toyota’s quality general manager, Hiroyuki Yokoyama, said the company first saw complaints via its dealers from the autumn of last year and the number of these cases increased in December, leading to the design modification. He denied the company had attempted to cover up the problem.

The government is opening a formal investigation into the brakes of the 2010 Toyota Prius hybrid sedan only hours after the automaker in Japan acknowledged problems, but is yet to commit to another recall.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said today it will loop specifically on whether the Prius’ brakes stop working momentarily after the car hits a bump. It says its Office of Defects Investigation has received 124 complaints about Prius brakes from consumers, including four reports in which crashes are alleged to have occurred. Investigators have spoken with consumers and conducted pre-investigatory field work.

The Following Toyota vehicles are not affected by the recall:

Toyota Yaris
Toyota Prius
Toyota Corolla with VINs that begin with “JT”
Toyota Camry with VINs that begin with “JT”
Toyota Camry with VINs that begin with “4T1” AND are equipped with Denso accelerator pedals
Scion – All models
Toyota Venza
FJ Cruiser
Highlander with VINs that begin with “JT”
RAV4with VINs that begin with “JT”
Land Cruiser
Sienna
4Runner
Tacoma

Below is a list of new and used vehicles that are affected by the voluntary recall:

Avalon VINs beginning with “4T1” MY 2005 – 2010
Matrix VIN # beginning with “2T1” MY 2009 – 2010
Tundra VIN # beginning with “5TB” MY 2007 – 2008
Tundra VIN # beginning with “5TF MY 2007- 2010
Sequoia VIN # beginning with “5TD” MY 2008 – 2010
Camry VIN # beginning with “4T4” MY 2007- 2010
Camry VIN # beginning with “4T1” with CTS pedal MY 2007- 2010
Corolla VIN # beginning with “1NX” and “2T1” MY 2009 – 2010
Highlander VIN # beginning with “5TD” MY 2010
RAV4 VINs beginning with “2T3” MY 2009 – 2010

It really is hard to envision how a company even as big as Toyota, is made to handle such a crisis, their response time and their ability to handle the volume of problems that are coming to them is unimaginable and people who own Toyota are demanding that they be helped as quickly as possible.

People are really concerned about their car especially with the recent developments around Toyota and the problems that are occurring with the gas pedal situation and the brakes. Toyota Prius brakes are being looked into in Japan and there US just announced they’ll be looking into these as well.

Toyota posted a net profit of 153.22 billion yen ($1.68 billion) in the three months ended Dec. 31, improving from a net loss of 164.64 billion yen in the same quarter a year earlier. It attributed the turnaround to cost-cutting and a recovery of sales in Asia and North America, offsetting the effects of a strong yen over the quarter.