A brake defect could affect more than 1 million Toyota Priuses.
Now, a new lawsuit claims Toyota won't fix it until it is too late.
Channel 2 investigative reporter Justin Gray broke this story on Channel 2 Action News at 5 p.m. Friday.
It was a Toyota dealer who first complained to federal regulators. The owner of a California Toyota dealership said he thought it was wrong that he was having to tell customers Toyota won’t fix a faulty brake part.
The problem with the Priuses is you could push down the brake pedal, and the car won't stop.
Toyota tells Channel 2 Action News they can’t comment on the lawsuit because they haven’t seen it yet.
They have extended the warranty for the brake component to 10 years and 150,000 miles.
We're the 1st in the country with details on this new class action lawsuit against Toyota covering the 2010-2015 Prius - lawsuit alleges that Toyota will only fix the known brake defect - AFTER it goes bad - putting drivers of more than 1 million Toyota's at risk pic.twitter.com/9aeAziybD5
— Justin Gray (@JustinGrayWSB) January 24, 2020
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