New York, Mar 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The weekly Toyota recall never seems to come to a stop. The latest model to fall prey to the Toyota recall bug is the Prius, which is being recalled over some acceleration concerns. The Toyota Motor Corporation confirmed the news of their latest recall, and said that they are recalling the 2004-2009 models of Prius. Prius is a very popular gas electric hybrid car, manufactured by Toyota.

On Monday a wayward Toyota Prius suddenly went completely out of control at 94 mph, on a highway in San Diego. The 61-year-old driver eventually called the 911 for help. The patrol officers rushed to the help of the hapless driver – James Sikes, and aided him in bringing back the car under the control of the driver. They succeeded in decreasing the speed of the 2008 Prius to 50 mph. “I pushed the gas pedal to pass a car and it did something kind of funny … it jumped and it just stuck there. I was trying the brakes … it wasn’t stopping, it wasn’t doing anything and it just kept speeding up,” Mr. Sikes said. He also added that he could smell the brakes burning.

It may be recalled that around 270,000 units of Prius were recalled in early February 2010. They were recalled due to some potential brake defect in the car. This recall affected the third generation Prius models that were launched in May. In 2005 also around 75,000 Prius units were recalled due to a software issue, which was causing the car to stall. In that recall, the 2004 model, and the models sold in early 2005 were affected.