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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
3 g9 ]( e7 ?7 d+ s3 r% zMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
8 t" V# X+ ^3 G; ~7 {Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying' t6 M& T2 D: H+ _( T2 I5 I: {# R
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended! F* H! l5 U7 @# a
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the+ }0 @: ?) @, y/ z( e; B* }7 t
automaker’s recalls.7 Q9 V d9 j. `, Y9 p
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
& `7 A1 c; ~' m8 n9 ^. ~: f5 hTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the7 o4 e; x+ R3 k2 m( ], f
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their3 b9 i; e3 N% o0 A% C8 }
validity.9 P: }; w& O/ S& f0 Y) F( H% z
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009* ~! S" S; ^4 a( P6 k
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
5 }+ G1 H( b" Z* X$ y, ?3 tdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles: O' M# g3 S+ u
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
+ l! D9 v8 k+ l' zprevious complaints. i6 ]5 t& ^7 _& ~! k
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints/ C3 h8 n( O E2 y x" I+ O
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
6 K" L$ s! z, Z6 G7 u1 T8 \, ?spokesman.7 N1 P& Q. c) J5 J# X
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
4 o! @( J0 }: p+ x5 o% G* cunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
- I) }9 l4 H. V2 `0 zdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
! n! Z& S" Y* b& mbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year$ m. D' Y! \* V$ y# C
for unintended acceleration.
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" V$ y c1 `+ l7 j! d# HReported Complaints9 z/ P8 f: ?. D2 U" {3 K
+ z! e/ e5 O. O2 MThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
+ b* l0 l6 I! s9 a3 [# Fcar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
3 H; d6 M- p+ G5 Y0 o$ `0 Mto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
" Q; ?$ h) \5 R% u) C' L% ]The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were. y0 h8 r. y3 @) b
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations, ^* }4 q/ G% r
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
% S# u; C& y% @, |# D$ d; {3 B) |# mThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was. P" b2 e2 e6 h% q
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
x) v! |' x j+ bdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
7 n! B9 j! Y. ]- A2 n/ C/ k“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
- T1 ~, e& N- N& S" i$ ~) bunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
8 U$ x+ G1 j9 a6 jdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
. N! E7 G% N( Z Eengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.3 P- b& @ [6 `6 I
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”6 X: @8 M. Z. I
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
# d! p# Q) C- s! }: C: tordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New5 S% M- q0 B6 Q Y
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $347 V7 B: E8 L. T# s# D. ^9 B8 _
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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