Electric power steering problems prompted a voluntary safety recall of approximately 52,000 Prius vehicles, the Toyota company announced

 Electric power steering problems prompted a voluntary safety recall of approximately 52,000 Prius vehicles, the Toyota organization announced on Tuesday.

The vehicles involving inside the recall were produced from 2001 by way of 2003 and sold in the U.S. market, said Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc., headquartered in Torrance, near Los Angeles.

The company said that it initiated the recall so as to replace the electric power steering pinion shaft attachment nuts.

If the steering wheel is repeatedly and strongly turned to the full-lock position, there is a possibility the nuts securing the pinion shaft within the steering gear box assembly may well become loose, the company stated in a statement.

If the vehicle is continuously operated in this condition overtime, the customer will gradually notice significant increased steering effort when creating a left turn, based on the statement.

But Toyota did not say regardless of whether the technical issues had caused any accidents.

Toyota's dealers will install improved nuts that secure the pinion shaft at no charge to the vehicle owner, stated the statement, adding that the repair will take approximately four hours depending upon the dealer's work schedule.

Owners will receive notification letters in early July, according to the statement.

Because late 2009, Toyota has recalled millions of vehicles worldwide on account of various difficulties including sticky gas pedal that causes sudden acceleration, faulty fuel pipes and high-pressure fuel pumps.

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