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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
2 |2 L% @2 L5 G* s" EMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic' k% b9 g3 V. M: R1 _9 V, X# P
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
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acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the* ~: _0 Q) g5 W
automaker’s recalls.7 a" q& u. D* ~5 M. N. P
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A& Y1 B" w/ f* R4 \
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
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validity.6 v, Y ~- @( G% }2 e& m9 ?! `
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
/ b; m* R5 H$ B2 H9 U$ U HMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at2 e/ \# J; K" ?# Q& f: ^$ W7 ]9 C* N
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
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previous complaints.# c4 O+ N5 y4 E5 i- d; i2 M. ~* ^
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
" R! ^4 ?" k2 binvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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: O& A# w6 f* Q; U. I* {6 uNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to# b2 s/ I6 K4 D7 D
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
' r5 S0 C, m1 ?deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
( ]7 f- Z3 Z- V; m: Zbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
0 i+ C8 e& r& v' i9 f$ j# yfor unintended acceleration./ \: D' C) I: L- Y v7 V' m
4 w9 f& g: z8 jReported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the: m6 s2 N; ], [$ P% q
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
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The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were$ @5 E% n% h: b! W- O
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations& M4 R+ W1 @1 B. v( c/ E3 I
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
# L: t3 v* j2 l% mThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
7 b1 O% ?, j: [7 qcompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the0 O. ^2 p y/ y! J
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
1 w7 `& n/ J0 O) |0 n0 p“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
" H) k. R8 H% ] wunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
! W& X% ^- G9 R @( U9 ]doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the2 \. M5 k7 _. |- J9 z
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
1 y+ X( w0 n! |" O( K5 cThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
8 j- {. j$ l( Y! K4 SToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two2 L+ l/ a7 Q6 V q' d6 v
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
6 V# W, [% h5 n0 cYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34% O$ W" [! Y) u4 d
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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