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Four accidents and two of them involving injuries, and no fatal tis fortunately. and you have to understand that this is only 37,000 cars out there, and you have already had problems with more than 100 of them. it is percentage wise a much higher incident of problems than in the gas pedal recall where you have millions of cars under recall, but only a couple of thousand have had problems. >> we have been advising people on what to do if they have the gas pedal problem with the floor mat problem ...

Not heard complaints of this before and now i am reading about this in the newspaper that there are a lot of complaints about this. nobody contacted me saying this is a problem being looked into. so they say that toyota doesnt know that there is a braking problem and there is no solution because they dont know -- there wouldnt be a solution, because they are not acknowledging a problem and they are cooperating with the governments investigation. and i was told that there are not other people wit...

Global recall of nearly 4.5 million vehicles because of a gas pedal problem. tom joins us. >> reporter: this is nikkei news service reporting this recall in toyota and the hybrid prius. msnbc and cnbc have not independently confirmed that. they are reporting the prius hybrid is now part of a new recall involving 270,000 vehicles, 100,000 of those would be in the united states because of this concern about a braking problem. the japanese government and u.s. government have been expressing concern...

>> so the issue for toyota, even as big as the numbers may be, millions of cars, all these years, the camry, all these -- huge selling cars, is not necessarily -- doesnt equate necessarily with legal liability, just a massive brand liability that may not necessarily result in anything like what firestone had to deal with because quite simply because of the fatalities? >> thats on the issue of the potential lawsuits. if you look at the lawsuits, i think thats how you would compare toyota versus w...

Interfering with the brakes. 2.3 million recalled in january because we had the accelerator sticking, the gas pedal sticking. we have 270,000 worldwide priuss because of braking problems and toyota has a very big problem. >> weve seen brands deal with these problems before. toyota has always been such a great brand. now they have to figure out what r their straench is. people are going to ask questions on the hill, they already are. when did you know, what did you know and when did you know it? ...

Ian, its incredible, with the prius, i remember there was a waiting list of two years or a year to even get this vehicle. and now toyota trying to climb out of all of this bad press and repair these vehicles which is most important. >> yes, indeed, tamron. i mean, this vehicle is the jewel in toyotas crown. its the biggest selling car here in japan. its a hybrid, cutting-edge technology. and it does appear to be that technology which has tripped them up on this occasion with the brakes. now, tod...

Worldwide recall, and for the first time, toyota executives put a figure on that. $2 billion they said it would cost in lost sales and their efforts to correct the gas pedal problem. also today more details of the prius problem. now, the prius is the jewel in toyotas crown, the biggest selling car here in japan. a hybrid using cutting edge technolo technology, and its that technology thats the issue. the company said the braking problem is when the car goes from hydraulic to electronic braking, ...

Happening in tokyo. the nkkkei says 270,000 vehicles, the prius hybrids, which is the fourth best selling car, being recalled because of this braking problem now. they believe theres a software glitch as it relates to braking. heres whats sping as well. you say i dont have a prius but i have a new hybrid sold by lexus. the recall could expand to the lexus hs-250 hybrid. >> now its getting personal. >> it builds off the same business model. its personal for you. you doept have a hybrid. so thats ...

Make sure theyre doing everything they promised to make their vehicles safe. we will continue to investigate all possible causes of these safety issues but no mention there of stop driving the toyotas because that was obviously an all of thing for toyota to hear. >> i would say. i mean you know, its like getting toothpaste out of the tube. you tell people not to drive them then back off. toyota must be realing. >> absolutely furious privately. publicly they welcomed the clarification but this is...

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