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

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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
$ e* r7 n3 R# f' u; P5 MMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
2 ~! Q7 @) ]& w# X' `& i1 rautomaker’s recalls.
% I6 Q4 }4 Y' y7 \7 \The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
  r- ~! v- V3 N- T* y+ PTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
7 i9 h7 D. N9 q5 q3 lagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
2 A. Q/ r/ O4 j& Jvalidity.
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
) h9 _' G( ]1 l1 m* H4 GMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
2 S3 w2 |' W/ T* edealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
' U5 P3 L3 R0 o0 Lprevious complaints.
" s% p* w7 L5 s# h* S. W7 }“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
spokesman.
2 B: C6 ^$ t. oNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
+ c5 o* h" J. D# C+ H7 [unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
  B% ^8 b* m% K/ w& j- hdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
+ Q4 n% q! R! D2 A3 }for unintended acceleration.

Reported Complaints

6 ?5 A: I/ c5 t& d  `The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
5 K; D( _# U) ]7 A/ `0 [8 zto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
% W: q/ f. `: r& R7 X( Y# rat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
9 P, K5 O' W8 H% Z1 D) i6 P- ~0 H" yThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
, S% W; W( S$ A* q& gcompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
$ T  ?8 ~7 Y. E; p* ?; r  I2 T: Cdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
9 J$ d2 n3 I$ j* \: S; K0 A8 V“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
- o$ p6 B3 e3 }4 s8 {doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
6 L9 a, `5 Q" W  b5 ^, gengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
6 ]4 q, o2 a" W  v" c- C7 G/ qToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
  N1 K9 ]0 j" h# |2 s% _York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
billion 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。
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。
, H% j2 J- v! r+ U' Xpchell 发表于 2010-3-5 23:10

$ p3 D7 V: o8 N1 W现在camry又有新recall了：

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