The Associated Press

Workers give the final checkup on new Prius hybrid vehicles at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan, June 5, 2009. (AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)

TOKYO —

Toyota Canada says it has resumed sales and deliveries of the eight models of vehicle affected by a massive international recall.

The company says owners of affected vehicles can begin contacting their local dealership to get the defective pedal repaired.

Toronto dealership manager Dan Golightly says his service centre began repairing vehicles yesterday, and will have extended hours until the repairs are done.

Millions of Toyotas, including 270,000 vehicles in Canada, were recalled due to a faulty accelerator pedal in several models, including the popular Camry, Corolla and RAV4.

To fix the affected vehicles, dealerships will install a steel reinforcement bar to reduce the friction that's been associated with the sticky pedal problem.

The company has also identified brake problems in its popular Prius hybrid but has not yet issued a recall for that vehicle.