Following Toyota’s announcement to recall several of its models, including the latest generation of Priuses, due to potential problems with the brake system, rental company Zipcar has pulled several cars out of its reservation system across the country–including one vehicle at Stanford.

Of the five percent of the fleet impacted, one car on Stanford’s campus–a Toyota Matrix–is affected, a Zipcar spokesperson said Friday. Zipcar currently offers 29 cars, including 10 Priuses, to Stanford’s 1,200-plus subscribers.

“There are 30 different makes and models in the Zipcar fleet, so Zipsters [Zipcar users] will have other vehicle model options to choose from while Toyota resolves the vehicle issues related to safety recalls,” wrote company spokesperson Nancy Scott in an e-mail to The Daily.

According to an e-mail sent to registered Zipcar users, only the Toyota Matrix is currently of concern to the company. “Affected vehicles will not be available for reservation until the situation has been resolved,” the e-mail said, and any person with a reservation for a Matrix will be moved to a different car.

“In the event of a 2010 Prius recall, we will act as we did with the 2009 and 2010 Matrix recall and remove the vehicles from the fleet to await a fix from Toyota,” Scott said. The 2010 Prius model represents less than one percent of the entire Zipcar fleet.

Toyota is recalling several of its vehicles manufactured over the last few years as a result of two different reported issues related to the accelerator pedal. The first, a “floor mat entrapment,” is caused by interference; the “pedal” recall is due to potential sticking of the pedal while depressed. The faulty acceleration pedal is assumed to be the cause of at least four accidents in the United States.

Registered Stanford Zipcar users can still book Priuses online, but the Matrix is not an option. Scott did not say if and when the Matrix would be available for use again.

Jason Chua ’11 uses Stanford Zipcar at least a few times a month to pick up materials for class projects, but is not concerned about the recall.

“I noticed that [Zipcar] sent out an e-mail, and I figured that they’re aware of the situation and making sure that they’re covered, so we’re covered also,” Chua said.

“I figure if something is wrong, they’re going to deal with it before it becomes a problem for me,” he added.