Toyota announced on Thursday that a software glitch iscausing braking problems in 2010 model Prius’s.

The car company changed the software in their braking systemin January as part of their “constant quality improvements.” Toyota officialsexplained the braking problem as a “disconnect” in the vehicle’s complexanti-lock system that causes a one second lag. To put this in perspective, avehicle traveling at 60 mph would cover almost 90 feet before the brakes beginto take hold.

Hybrid cars like the Prius operate differently from brakesin most cars. The electric motors in hybrids help to slow the vehicle inaddition to the brakes, generating electricity to recharge the battery.

When asked whether a recall was in the works, Toyota’smanaging officer, Hiro Yuki Yokoyama said “we would want to be given a littletime.”

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