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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
- B6 g) |& l; G; [8 ^' G. qMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic+ v6 |6 e# J6 I+ N0 i5 v
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
) y5 O9 F6 D4 _! Z( J' J0 atheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended8 n, a- l! l% M3 ?8 O$ D; x; S
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
$ {& F9 Y' J* K/ s2 L9 Uautomaker’s recalls.% G y. q9 d) x' Z
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
4 H( Q, g1 d* @) _, j" j! _Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the% s X1 D. Y' |5 O3 C
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
7 O' u6 u, B, |9 OMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
( e) T( L, H; B" j! ?3 \$ o fdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
7 w; j" O* i, |6 Z3 f. Y6 Tglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
7 c* Y$ L! p' l) M" l) q rprevious complaints.& Y9 J" h, A2 Y, R2 i0 j" r) u
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
- z! c% Z' ]$ q! u8 T( i7 _involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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: @* ?) a0 ~5 t4 \9 r; H8 sNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to% Q* |& i. I0 H# |3 @
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
( e+ N3 j- \; N7 I8 `: |$ y, I" ]deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
0 a# ?/ ?; ]$ p' l. n+ o# a Ybeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
5 H/ [2 {9 F; I8 H9 r+ r3 Afor unintended acceleration.% x4 N5 Z. B+ d, k2 g. S
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Reported Complaints n& S- s8 n3 o4 I+ _
9 m/ o- K: u' Z9 K. I$ BThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
, N- F! ]# m' G: W. h- M/ v4 Xcar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
% T f/ k E* c3 H6 L! n; bto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.+ m# t2 l' S# a- |+ {
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were6 f. p I1 r: y* F) H0 Q7 w
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations- K3 h9 Z, b q1 A# U( H
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.) I' B& U: j/ w7 Z
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
( Z( g2 w ]! I0 p# K8 C6 lcompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
, p; L! X! J" a3 I* n* Vdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
* Y8 j* B0 h6 H2 Q“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
+ o, v" z% ~8 e% S+ ?unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s! Q; w T+ z4 ^) E2 ~ _0 x
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the6 n" |# F5 v/ K1 F
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
! s$ n9 K% {4 X. S1 a5 n7 |5 S. OThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
: E% Q3 e( U: j4 Q/ YToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two, _. |$ Q( X, i5 G" |. V% M. }8 a" `
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
. u% R/ K& e& p% Z' b5 C' v/ IYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
1 Z5 C; I" z4 [9 Tbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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