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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk' V3 p. n' _$ O
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic- ]# N) Z. S' r5 \; Q
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying1 C {% F) L( t' ?
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended8 g. y- m# O; ^4 D. L0 Z
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the# B) W+ c& j8 ~8 K
automaker’s recalls.
; D$ {) `6 H/ Z6 IThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
% ]" @! ?. u8 I6 i7 P9 xTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the0 W+ w$ @. n: w: Q4 L& ~2 d4 ?
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
, K1 K# I Y3 _8 U9 Mvalidity.) B( `& M5 B9 r3 v; @: ~
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009; D! V0 }8 @3 B: Q
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
: E9 g, f" U& {$ _+ t$ M* Fdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
+ C! Q) U& W' s$ c7 F! sglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
4 X% }' k1 f; d( n- r9 dprevious complaints.
1 t; m4 R# i# T8 K1 V- R$ ]“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints/ v2 G/ H$ @1 K8 l1 Q. k9 E3 }
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota8 h9 Z3 A% f( |3 S. Q- P
spokesman.; l! l, J7 Z8 @3 E: f
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
5 q- a* [; q! W- r6 N8 nunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 523 D3 d( @# |! x/ ]; a
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
3 z+ _+ V, ~& k0 x: l& sbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
+ X) k* w- }/ J C+ efor unintended acceleration.
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4 J. w# ` n; w0 P- d* zReported Complaints* G8 z( H) y+ X, H
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the2 s2 f9 r( f, p, Q
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
& j" r) u' {6 G) d; Mto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.9 g2 K6 k8 \$ |1 l& S$ g
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
2 X) }3 W$ d2 x+ h% z6 @at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations7 |0 g" e3 U3 t( I
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
5 a& R5 b: T' o5 J2 c! y2 V. nThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was% H8 V5 Y+ C3 E O" q: `' G8 L
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the/ ?3 q6 R$ v n$ R
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
' L6 g% n5 ~' B8 K' H- F6 o“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
. T( f5 H* C- M' d: lunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
0 @3 }9 R9 P; B# N: v& R* e$ Fdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
o8 P+ C& d9 s- _% Z- Q( tengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
) E, m m! ]% D3 j2 l" F6 ^1 }This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
1 {6 E% X' ^* N. O3 D' ^Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
4 I! F, x" V9 {% g2 S, P$ Tordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
' }8 ^" b; u5 K Z7 S9 d! y0 R5 sYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
: r7 T9 ?# j3 K, t' Jbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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