Toyota recalls Prius cars, halts orders due to door handle fault

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Toyota is recalling 135,305 Prius vehicles in Japan manufactured between Nov. 24, 2022 and April 3, 2024, Japan’s transport ministry said earlier.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view of the newly redesigned 2023 Prius unveiled by Japanese automaker Toyota prior to the start of the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 16, 2022.  REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

Toyota’s recent suspension of a production line at its Tsutsumi plant in Japan was because of quality checks for Prius cars, the spokesperson added.

(This story has been corrected to fix the start of the manufacturing period of the recalled vehicles to 2022, not last year, in paragraph 2)