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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
9 w2 X4 C; u6 W& \5 CMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
: ^8 z* f; U: z; {4 i, S" D+ p8 `( hSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
% b: Q! g; G: P0 Z; Z* rtheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended1 p! e# B! z$ a( f% ~7 Q
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
3 _6 [) {0 q2 Y3 J+ z0 B! jautomaker’s recalls.- y% I8 E j; ]9 c; \5 K
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A; h) H) i/ } f8 b F/ {, Y
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the" A e9 T. z5 s1 A
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their; b6 y; P/ G) }
validity.
! d8 ~8 S6 g: V# WThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
0 c& D& l5 I/ w7 o; W( RMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at$ y t a# f, _) Q" `6 m9 \4 ^
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles& o" X2 d4 Q4 l1 Z: D( w/ ^; _) b' g
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of9 c+ W9 P4 I6 U
previous complaints.# a# f4 N" Y7 G. T3 x
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
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spokesman.
: g% l4 D8 P5 G" A% n! q0 I4 dNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to" X$ \3 T4 J4 P3 p
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
, {5 w8 P6 ~' b6 A8 fdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
: c6 Y' U. r. Q# Rbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
+ f2 [* W- Z$ `" F$ t/ k* kfor unintended acceleration.
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1 V2 Q7 W: s- R% E% M; ]8 JReported Complaints
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; K" g+ w; i9 Q; n& P/ |The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the& L0 f$ Z+ t2 E0 e: X
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five6 K3 O3 z2 |1 a( P+ M
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.& p) Z+ `9 B# K( [9 t
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
1 R, k# D1 H) S! U) O* W: Jat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations% V8 D) ~, X7 O, X; p$ N
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.) e) O. }, [( ^3 v! _
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
: o* }/ i1 ^2 c. V1 G# `completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the& }4 z6 Y8 c& o+ ~3 ^
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.* ?3 N, S# G, k* D V
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
H0 e5 K9 v) E% I# k" y) n" ]unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
0 t. \& D$ r6 T6 a; G( l. ~doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
( \1 c D. d! U* c' Iengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.: |% D P! o l' A) L' |( o8 H
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
$ J; K; t! f4 X# ~+ z, XToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
/ v1 h- U$ _3 P; J1 bordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New$ B5 [/ V* X) T. K
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34( d8 C0 b R9 ~9 F
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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