The auto giant said it would call back about 2,800 Mirai vehicles made between November 2014 and December 2016 to repair the defect.
Toyota launched Mirai - which means "future" in Japanese - in late 2014 as it looked to push further into the fast-growing market for environmentally friendly cars. The car was launched with a relatively expensive 6.7 million yen (US$58,000) price tag.
Mirai was its first mass-market hydrogen fuel-cell car after Toyota scored a win with the top-selling Prius hybrid, which combines a regular engine and rechargeable electric battery.
Fuel cells work by combining hydrogen and oxygen in an electrochemical reaction, which produces electricity. This can then be used to power vehicles or home generators. But a lack of hydrogen refuelling stations has been a major hurdle to bringing fuel-cell cars into the mainstream.
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