Washington, Feb 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) It seems like almost every week there is a new Toyota recall. And this time it is for the Prius model. Around 270,000 units are going to be recalled. Prius is the a very popular gas electric hybrid car made by Toyota, and it is being recalled due to some potential brake defect in the car. This recall would affect the third generation Prius models, that were launched in May.

It may be recalled that in 2005 also around 75,000 Prius units were recalled due to a software issue, that was causing the car to stall. In that recall, the 2004 model, and the models sold in early 2005 were affected.

However in the recent recall, the problem is with the brake. Prius is said to be Toyota’s highest profit vehicle, and there have been more than 28 reported cases of the brake problem. Numerous owners say that the brakes on the third-generation, 2010 Toyota Prius can malfunction out of the blue, with at least 28 complaints filed so far with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Robert Becker was using his Pruis to go to work, he braked when he hit a pothole, but instead he had the ’sensation of losing control of the vehicle.’ ‘It scared the hell out of me. I wasn’t sure I could stop in time,’ he said, adding that it is a persistent problem, and has repeated itself a number of times since then. Another owner says that, ‘Initially, I convinced myself I must have been letting up on the brake when I hit the bump, but when this same thing happened three days ago on slippery, icy roads, I knew for 100 percent certain I had not let up on the brake.’