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As a regenerative braking problem. can you explain what's going on with the prius? >> well, basically the way i understand it is if they are in their vehicle and they apply the brakes and they hit a slight bump, the car feels that one of the wheels is starting to lose traction. >> right. >> because they're braking. and it's on the abs mode. >> the anti-lock braking system mode. >> correct. >> right. >> so it's kind of like a logic problem. >> all right. that sounds like a computer problem. >> correct. >> here's how i've heard it sort of described to me. you've got this regenerative braking sys...

When you start to feel as though your brakes have gone out on you. >> right. the brake pedal has a different-type feel to it. >> okay, so that's it. >> correct. >> so we've diagnosed the problem. >> yes, we have. >> is it a mechanical problem? is it a computer problem? what's at the source here? >> it's a computer-type problem. >> okay. >> because they're fixed by reflashing the computers. >> what is that, reboot? >> reprogram the computer with different data. i would think that it's probably going to make it not so sensitive. >> uh-huh. >> to slight bumps, to start throwing it into its abs mo...

Don't, put the car in neutral again, pull over to the side of the road. you don't want to be accelerating but the last thing you don't want to have is no brakes. worst case, use a parking brake, it it's a lever style. you've got the pedal style, it's harder to play with that. full over, put the 4-ways on and shut the car down. megyn: if you pump the brakes and it's a computer problem, will it work? >> if it's a computer problem, most likely not. that's where you end up with the problem, put the car in neutral or don't use gas at all because eventually the car will coast because it doesn't have...

Increasing their production. now, when you increase productivity come problems and that is what they are faced with now. and really the big competition for everyone is ford who actually make good cars and is overtaking everybody else. >> i have to ask, think toyota became the word's largest selling car company because of selling faulty much. >> gm did! >> of course not. no. i don't think that. and nobody else would. it is an excellent car company and they've hand the recall well. except for the fact that they didn't let the government know when it was happening, it happened before and -- >> th...

. gretchen: good morning, everyone. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- this is a fox news alert. the faa announcing a nation-wide computer problem. steve: meanwhile, harry reid has high hopes for his trillion dollar health care plan but warren hatch is gearing up for a big fight over funding of abortion and it has some