Nearly 20,000 Toyota Cars Recalled Due to Risk of Rear Door Opening While Driving

Workers assembling fourth generation Toyota Prius cars on the production line at the company's Tsutsumi assembly plant in Toyota City, Aichi prefecture, on December 8, 2017. Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP via Getty Images

Toyota has issued a recall for nearly 20,000 vehicles in Canada due to a defect that could result in the rear doors opening while the car is in motion.

A total of 19,399 Toyota Prius and Prius Prime models are affected by the recall, a Jan. 30 advisory from Transport Canada said.