Prius part of another Toyota recall

Toyota is recalling over 400,000 more vehicles due to a faulty engine part. Around 8,476 Toyota Prius hybrids are part of the recall - manufactured in the year 2001. This is the second Toyota recall which has also included hybrid cars. A few days ago both the Toyota Highlander hybrid and the Lexus RX400h hybrid were also part of a large recall. In all cases; however, the problem was unrelated to hybrid technology and a only a very small number of hybrids were included in the recalls.