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Toyota Recall Over Ice Hindering Breaks

Toyota Recall

Toyota is recalling about 95,700 2009 and 2010 model year Toyota Corolla, Corolla Matrix and 2008 and 2009 Scion xD vehicles sold in the US because ice could accumulate on their braking systems, making slowing down dangerous for drivers.

The recall involves all equipped with 1.8 liter engines, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. It only applies to those who drive in states which reach low temperatures: Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Toyota said that when one of the recalled vehicles was operating in very low temperatures, a situation could occur in which condensed moisture from the “positive crankcase ventilation port” could leak into the vehicle’s brake system vacuum port and freeze which could “lead to lengthened vehicle stopping distances.”

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