Toyota recalls Lexus HS 250h hybrid, halts sales (could leak fuel in a rear-end collision)

[Omaha Steve]

Source: LA Times

After government tests show the hybrid could leak fuel in a rear-end collision, Toyota stops all sales and recalls 17,000 sedans, including 4,000 at dealerships.
By Ken Bensinger and Ralph Vartabedian

Toyota Motor Corp. has stopped all sales of its 2010 Lexus HS 250h hybrid after government tests showed it could leak fuel in a rear-end collision.

The Japanese automaker said it was also recalling roughly 13,000 HS sedans that have already been sold and 4,000 that are still on dealership lots.

A remedy for the problem has not yet been determined, Toyota spokesman Brian Lyons said.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in a recall filing Friday, said that the defect "could result in a fire." A similar problem in the Ford Pinto that has been blamed on 27 deaths led to one of the most publicized recalls of all time, in 1979.



Read more: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lexus-recall-20100626,0,6906514.story

[htuttle]

1. At least Ford Pintos were inexpensive

[PJPhreak]

3. Not the first Ford Fireball...

Ford Crown Vic police Car

[Omaha Steve]

7. That photo says a lot

Thanks for posting it.

[awoke_in_2003]

2. Japan finally produces...

their version of the Pinto.

[high density]

4. Toyota cares about our safety

They say so in their advertisements!

[madrchsod]

6. i just saw that commercial at 10:09!

[madrchsod]

5. car and driver`s review...

buy a fusion or a benz.....lexus hs 250 is`t worth the money.that`s 32000 to 40,000 fully loaded

[amandabeech]

8. Time to start looking at that Ford Escape hybrid. n/t