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Affecting some 400,000 cars. akio toyoda, his grandfather founded the company, made this promise, speaking in english to his customers around the world. >> together we will do everything in our power to regain the confidence of our customers. >> reporter: the problem, says toyoda, is with the antilock brakes. hit ice or uneven surfaces, the brakes seem to fail for a fraction of a second. toyota says a software fix fixes the problem. for about two weeks, amid toyotas recall of more than 8 million...

Recalled to replace a switch that might short out and cause a fire. ford has agreed to do a software fix on nearly 18,000 forward fusions, and mercury milans, because the brakes on the hybrids apparently feel squishy. ford f-150s may well have a serious air bag deployment problem. they did a -- they can deploy prematurely without warning, although theres no recall yet. sixty-five thousand hyundais have been recalled, dodge has a recall, by one count, this have been 40 recall, so why havent you h...

Recall. it started here in the home country of japan. notifying the japanese government here and as governments wake you up around the world they will soon be notifying governments in europe and the united states. a total of 400,000 vehicles will be impacted due to this recall because of a braking glitch. according to toyota, it feels just for a split second on certain surfaces that your brakes fail. the fix quite easy. for the 2010 prius about 40 minutes once you drive to the dealership and plu...

Have to tell the public when they open an investigation. brian williams -- good grief. youre not brian williams. >> ill answer to anything. i shouldnt say anything. who else is recalling vehicles? >> 141,000 honda fits recalled to replace a switch that might cause a fire. 65,000 hyundais recalled for a seat belt sensor problem. dodge and jeep had a brake recall going on right now. ford has agreed to do a software fix on nearly 18,000 fusions and mercury malons, because the brakes are squishy. so...

National highway transportation safety administration, nhtsa back in 2007, when it noticed an uptick in unexpected accelerations in toyota cars. one agency says nhtsa has to walk a fine line in such cases. >> nhtsa is trying to balance the need to do a thorough investigation and confirm that there is a real problem with having a lot of warnings flying out there that may or may not be well-grounded. >> toyota has certainly received a lot of bad publicity of late. by one count there have been more...

Commitment to quality. we will do everything to regain the confidence of our customers. >> cnbcs phil lebeau is live in chicago. phil, how widespread does this mean for americans who have a toyota, what does it mean? >> reporter: the 2010 prius, youre likely going to be involved in the recall. they makes a fix on the assembly line starting in january. anything built between may when they first came out and early january of this year, and thats about 130,000 prius models here in the united states...

Alerted nhtsa in 2007 about these accelerator issues on toyota, and the hearing is scheduled up on capitol hill on that. gregg: a little slow-footed perhaps, brian, toyota is not alone, as we suggested. there are other significant recalls out there, that really havent received a lot of the same attention, correct? >> reporter: thats right. yes, 141,000 honda fits in the u.s. are recalled to replace a switch which might short out and cause a fire, ford agreed to do a software fix on nearly 18,000...

Recalls. cnbcs if phil lebeau covers the auto industry and joins us from chicago. >> for the first time in five months another major recall from toyota. this time it centers around the companys hybrid vehicles, recalling 437,000 hybrids worldwide. now the bulk of those are 2010 prius models. about 130,000 sold here in the united states. the problem? they have a pause when drivers hit the brakes. theres about a second to a second and a half delay before they actually feel the vehicle slowing down...

Working. they will remedy it with a software fix thats on the way now. >> so the formal announcement kyung lah, will be when? >> reporter: it will be here in japan. the timing of it will be worked out. they are working on the logistics of who will make the announcement, how it will be done. thats a all still taking place, but they have decided the recall will be taking place and it will be today. >> this follows on the heels of recalling about eight million other cars because of the sudden accel...

Is of personal nature. she said its of personal anynae and she wants it back and that is the result of what were seeing and hearing here. this judge who has found young was in contempt for not immediately turning over the tape says he has to go with security guards and get that tape out of the vault and turn it over. it looks like the recalls will continue for toyota, on the verge of adding 275,000 2010 priuss to the millions of cars already involved. cnbcs phil lebeau covers the car industry. p...