Toyota had to recall close to 270 000 cars due to faulty software that controls the brakes on the Prius.  It is still unknown which of the other Toyota models are being recalled in South Africa due to faulty accelerator pedals.  Globally it is said to be in the millions of recalls for Toyota for the accelerator pedal problem.

This must be hard for the die-hard Toyota fans.  Now even reliability isn't even the one thing they can rely on.

Honda SA has recalled the previous Jazz models (2002 - 2008).  This has been due to a fire that caused the death of a child in 2009.  This was due to water penetrating the driver door power unit which resulted in a short circuit and subsequently a fire.  Honda will replace these units where necessary together with preventative measures on all vehicles to ensure water can't penetrate the unit.