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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
% {* _% o/ q) R' ?/ S: b" TMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
! E6 A7 Z- x/ F% t( ZSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
: F4 u' v( w1 N! xtheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended( S! Z7 A2 G* |) T& w! m# u
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the* l2 N5 _1 j& N" {! w
automaker’s recalls.
; [( d6 K% {- E0 ^3 uThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
) G0 C! A3 @/ S' Y# g" i" g8 dTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the/ R2 {1 m& F* Y' Q2 M3 J+ Z
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
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% P6 f- o3 u- Z3 HThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009, T# w7 j% {" {: Y d( O" W
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
# @' p9 {7 L$ P. i" tdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
% }& f/ \4 a. c8 o6 mglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of) L0 c& S+ l |# B
previous complaints.
0 c% S y4 x- H# q% r2 Z/ O“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints9 M. Z9 i+ Q2 i" A, {+ s
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
3 f3 i1 D, s) t* _. Dunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52' Q5 f$ u) ~ H- U# c8 I$ E7 l; N& d1 Y
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have( N4 ~# X7 R% h: y+ z y* [
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
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Reported Complaints
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- t% M0 {/ j$ H% {6 HThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the) H2 Y) W# s1 p0 N- F" u9 ?
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
9 Z& }5 v; Z r8 j. a+ ^1 @' L9 j4 ~to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
0 k/ C q& J) P" H r0 DThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were% H5 t7 O) V/ h% E+ ~, Z3 H3 m: Q
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations6 {! K' i: D+ v. y
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
! A' p4 Z& Y2 l% r* A5 mThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was8 e, _* q6 [7 y9 j5 u! p
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
/ V( s: q1 y# X# Q0 C# Pdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot., @7 j/ z: Z2 _/ G& n8 B0 O
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the% l4 O6 I$ q, x9 |/ M
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
6 U: @% `" H( m# x2 e& T. tdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
' `- A; l# E$ L0 c. A" Oengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
) {: m9 q$ p! SThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”3 \+ Q# B; R2 h& I
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
$ e6 z. I4 M8 A! Z& ^8 x8 Hordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
9 F* O0 o) N6 [2 q7 x6 CYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $347 z: h E) _# m
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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