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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk+ w- w: U& C; a
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic M+ s! l, {5 H1 C5 S
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying3 q W7 w) Z u3 z5 E
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended P x1 i# ]/ q0 u2 T* ~; {
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
7 k, j4 I6 j7 Yautomaker’s recalls.5 q" o& ~" E6 r, \7 |
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A' }' I, A- n4 g! v
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the; X- G- d$ a+ a% P; n$ @7 X
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
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; {# r; p% U3 s; ]; HThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009% N8 V% H# |; d+ I
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
' I( k4 }& p2 ^. \4 P+ _dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
& }7 H' n* g# K2 r* bglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
' y( n1 P0 ?" X( Y0 Hprevious complaints.
1 ~( K. }. v: C& ?“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints" n& [5 S4 `: R8 W
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
' v) g; D1 `7 G' B9 Funintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
0 k i6 `, v2 T) A( X' Fdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
6 R) ^# w* U8 [4 K( w1 M% @been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year" ~. [ G. b! x3 ^/ K) A
for unintended acceleration., V/ l, u, t5 }7 b6 t
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Reported Complaints! U5 S' u/ G. J. q1 [
( A2 J% f% C" [+ n0 JThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the5 ^- C* t/ @! b; E7 w
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five! y1 K1 j' J: e5 F6 b: b
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
) E. p0 D0 r t% uThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were9 N; v0 v* R- d6 U# {. E
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations. Y8 W; g1 s& q8 p5 ?1 P
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
8 f8 L) N6 N% g- ^: DThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
4 U' q7 R2 d* Kcompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
. b# C) Y+ k: }) c8 N$ j6 L8 ~9 @driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
# |. M# _5 k. }7 e“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
( x$ _' M9 `2 yunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s; @3 Z7 g0 K3 k5 d- N" [0 Y
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the0 w& l2 Z; b; g6 s& J$ @7 |
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.- l2 K, B2 F+ m
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”: L0 ]( b' d1 Y4 C
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two# k; q7 j4 B8 x* I6 D1 U& p# Z' o
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New& g7 h9 a5 R, m/ W5 c& `4 x8 n
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
8 Z6 \- O6 a) H3 i/ N1 dbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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