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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
( }7 K- |3 N. ~) h" XMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic8 {: j1 B% H( N W- [
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying" o1 P# Q& m; Z8 r4 c
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended1 }1 x q# x* V8 U; o H
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the- x# W5 P1 f* B) J6 |
automaker’s recalls.! W$ n* v8 C& Z7 C
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
6 f: U6 E# X7 `* f6 }Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
3 m `; b A) H% ]+ {, [agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
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The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009" T* m% X+ ? l! l
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
' P7 ] }# M; h+ {- Zdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles9 i4 _& @( |; {0 b' c1 ]" k
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
/ i) T; [' h& x4 Q1 ?: Nprevious complaints.
" J3 I5 _$ d; A8 X% R“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
% E$ Y. V/ H2 J+ finvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota8 Y7 A& O6 R; R3 a T8 v/ ?7 t; F, P
spokesman.7 F/ @8 T0 D$ R; j
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
. B8 x' q# m. d+ iunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 522 X4 }: N! E0 G& \/ j
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have8 c: x! x! x$ w Z4 H; w- I% p; \
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year! {3 r' `$ f, T9 q5 F0 m- p
for unintended acceleration.
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( f; D+ z9 i! G5 S5 ZReported Complaints3 n4 i4 c- e3 k/ C0 I, _
7 S* V+ c9 Q" f& DThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the8 h2 ]) |9 @; P% J8 H, H }/ J
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five0 _* h, x- X+ G1 b% m! E$ K3 @
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
0 {$ c9 }! [. \& M5 A# vThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were. n& L$ B# M* v
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations1 c- |) ~; R A5 N9 }, ]0 s. m& n
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
4 e+ q' U6 ^( X) lThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was8 g. r) g0 q6 e; i5 ~$ ^
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the) g5 |/ Z' W# V4 ` m4 p
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
: s7 I+ i! W3 T; n0 O“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the$ \0 \ \3 A# A5 R. y2 D
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s6 ^: u% ^# J9 g8 C0 u) t4 }' O
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the: R& H+ t- C. k! Z6 H9 Q, g
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor./ Q" o/ O3 u) N( f! g% F
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
$ p6 i9 y# ^, m" V& jToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
6 I5 _# |8 J0 f# [; \3 kordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New) Y) B8 X- H6 Q+ R, b8 g+ W
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
+ F0 j# N" [( I o5 dbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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