Zipcar pulls recalled Prius hybrids from fleet

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Car sharing service Zipcar Inc. says it has pulled from its fleet the 2010 Toyota Prius hybrids affected by Tuesday's recall.

Zipcar says the recall affects less than 1 percent of its fleet.

Toyota has announced the recall of 437,000 Priuses and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix a potential problem with their brakes. Toyota says the fix takes 40 minutes and involves adding new software that controls the anti-locking system.

The hybrid recall follows recalls of more than 8 million vehicles for gas pedal problems.

Zipcar has removed from its fleet the 2009 and 2010 Toyota Matrix models affected by the previous recalls and is fixing the vehicles.