One of the sources cited by the Financial Times is a Tokyo Toyota dealer who said the carmaker informed him of the recall scheduled to be announced tomorrow.
Toyota confirmed on Friday the Prius is subject to antilock brake system glitches, to which a fix has already been found and implemented in vehicles manufactured starting January this year.
The Prius issue is the latest in a long line of quality mishaps Toyota has been experiencing for quite some time now. The Prius prompted Akio Toyoda, the company's CEO, into formally apologizing last week.
“I came out here today because I would not want our customers to spend the weekend wondering whether their cars are safe,” he said during a press conference on Friday night.
"Toyota will once again inspect every process — quality in design, quality in production, quality in sales and quality in service. We, the ones supposed to relay to people the attractiveness of automobiles, have, instead, imparted on them worry. I regret this more than anything.”
"I would like to take this opportunity to apologize from the bottom of my heart for causing many of our customers concern after the recalls across several models in several regions."
The Prius recall expected to be announced tomorrow will bring the total number of vehicles recalled by the carmaker to over 8 million, the largest in its history.
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