LONDON (AP) — Toyota recalled 12,000 British cars yesterday over a software fault which the company said could make it harder to steer over road safety strips.

The Toyota Motor Corp.'s British arm said that the voluntary recall affects iQ vehicles produced over the past two years. It said the problem has only been seen "in very specific circumstances" in Japan, and that no accidents related to the issue have been reported.

Toyota has suffered a series of recent problems which have dented the public confidence in the automaker.

Hundreds of lawsuits were filed against Toyota after the company started recalling millions of vehicles because of acceleration problems in several models and brake defects with the Prius hybrid.

Toyota has recalled over 10 million vehicles worldwide over the last year.