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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
0 \" p' I: g9 v+ T: SMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic. M( j* D: Q0 D
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
1 y; Z% R; q7 O* X- qtheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended' e, j- A7 @/ f U+ @# h
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
' m5 w4 X1 T* j( N1 \automaker’s recalls.
; g$ x/ ?: x, _The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
. g$ E3 L, P& x; N0 [$ \Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
9 q' c6 F7 K% r+ _agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
: ^ w6 {1 N7 {3 [validity.
( E7 g, \* S- Q- N5 Y; B$ MThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 20090 A5 U! B$ u! Q0 v V% {7 n4 U$ `
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at, Z# Z" L% m) O; z1 }( w2 P2 ~
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
* h5 S$ v9 g p3 L$ ?) o6 k7 yglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of% ?0 z" D: `1 N* \7 A: A
previous complaints.
4 c8 y: ^( }# j# U" V2 ^6 {$ ]“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
% ^( o$ Z+ F( z+ d- M% t3 D7 }# pinvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
9 L6 F: G, E' G" X8 Nspokesman.
3 x( E0 R8 S+ m: ]NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to S, M/ P3 b. E. ]1 S
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
% t: \0 X3 `2 E* [8 cdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have0 Q* { A' v; y6 |5 @# V
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year- l( w9 t9 T( _) Z
for unintended acceleration.) p ]; T4 U) i- h4 l$ o
5 n+ I4 E1 E5 S0 t1 E# A eReported Complaints
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- z/ H1 F% I* z1 S& PThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the2 y2 N- e( g# v* s
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five' K) T9 q( s- s. j) \2 D+ e
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.8 d: @1 ^9 W/ m! U8 r4 h: [8 F
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were# V1 ?, g) j0 C4 x2 o" X) G0 g
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
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2 W0 ~6 u% u6 F/ E$ p. ?The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was! I) ]' O5 [% L
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the) S. W0 j7 Y) _
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.3 Y! |) h$ E( y% s; Q7 z4 g
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
) g( N0 v. w% B) nunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s7 h! i$ ~ F$ _4 M6 Z
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
9 Y2 r% v. ?; P" M2 F7 Lengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.: F- R: v- {, {( J& l. ^+ m
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
$ w. m/ Q7 m+ ZToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two( z' q+ J5 r" X& n+ c
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New/ Z7 W y6 ?1 T- |9 z! k |
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
7 H6 n; f* }) ~& E3 ^. qbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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