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Toyota recalls 1.9M Prius hybrids

Toyota announced Wednesday it will recall 1.9 million Prius hybrid vehicles to repair faulty software in the hybrid system.

Toyota said it will recall all vehicles of the latest, or third generation Prius, which has been in production since 2009. It said the defective software could result in certain transistors overheating, possibly causing the hybrid system to shut down and bringing the vehicle to an unexpected stop.

The number of the company’s flagship hybrids to be recalled is the largest ever for the model, far outstripping the 397,000 recalled world-wide in February 2010. The Prius first went into production in 1997.