Toyota Dealer Refuses Runaway Prius

The wife of a San Diego County man who survived a drive in a runaway Prius says the dealer refused to look at the car when it was taken in for repairs under a recall notice.

Driver James

Sikes of Jacumba sped along Interstate 8 for 20 minutes Monday before a California Highway Patrol officer slowed the car enough for him to turn it off. Sikes says the accelerator stuck - a nationwide problem that has prompted Toyota to recall millions of cars.

His wife, Patty, said Tuesday the family took the car to Toyota of El Cajon a couple weeks ago after receiving a recall notice. She says the dealer refused to examine the car and said the model was not on the recall list.

The dealership had no immediate comment.


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