四辆召回修好后的丰田车又有了加速问题；总死亡人数可能增加到52

CASH$$$

By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
7 r9 U7 U; v! H$ X) h4 o1 a( ntheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
5 r8 L' C" Y! A2 K  {) r/ x) qacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
automaker’s recalls.
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
validity.
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
4 D% U% {, P1 Q* j+ @+ \0 udealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
  G: X- W6 Y7 vprevious complaints.
# [- W9 P# X5 y) X6 r/ @“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
# k; r8 w2 y  v9 B" s1 K( e( o4 Uinvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
9 O2 ^3 [4 S3 e) o. O$ O3 Xspokesman.
  z: A: z& |1 Z* Q' K  J2 e. K6 _. KNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
% S& H: |5 H, _unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
# h4 x5 s( t% O2 ?2 T# J$ @deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
for unintended acceleration.

Reported Complaints
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2 p/ p& K: t# N1 f2 G5 FThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
2 M9 @) c. D  `& x$ f. Jto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
! e: U6 ^, \- O' B% h: jat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
" }" J9 k3 \  a! ^# @incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
. I% S2 ~2 {. D( V/ K  D% ?, bThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
, l/ y3 Q) T) x8 p7 Ncompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
5 C7 \0 T' c* t5 Z, b- j+ {) S) C% @doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
4 O" ^5 Z7 y6 `  ~  b0 Yengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
# r5 l: ?5 @1 ~- W; M( nThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
8 L; s! z( Y/ b. H' h5 T$ C2 KYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
6 L& M' g# W1 }- a. fbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21.

newlife

Toyota is going to die.

urspace

可惜始终有中国人还是执迷不悟，可悲。

pchell

真的假的？那位大牛出来证实一下。
这下好了，国内不过是“下坡不超凯美瑞，上坡不跟汉兰德”，也就两款车。到了加拿大，只要见到丰田/lexus的轿车就得让道，太牛了。

shark27

真的假的？那位大牛出来证实一下。
8 Z4 I( \/ A, H7 n# U这下好了，国内不过是“下坡不超凯美瑞，上坡不跟汉兰德”，也就两款车。到了加拿大，只要见到丰田/lexus的轿车就得让道，太牛了。
1 E& _. D# i, I/ W# d/ P3 Xpchell 发表于 2010-3-5 23:10

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& d* F" p0 Q) y1 r) I  n现在camry又有新recall了：
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在踏板后面加个小铁片已经是昨日黄花了，现在是要把踏板锯掉一截

beiwei