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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
4 @- z5 H) V0 q1 |5 {! ]( b0 @! GMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic- c. H. x: Q+ {; `. F. s- ~7 i
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
* |1 s' \( W4 E) Ptheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
# P' ?7 s0 ]- L, V( }acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
2 j( i) `9 i* }+ v6 E- I9 Y( _automaker’s recalls.( _0 S1 w$ G3 T! h& C
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
4 H. i7 B+ }- t6 j& ^: vTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the3 D$ h: w. g. H9 I2 @
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their0 x. S& ]. A# g2 v1 b
validity.
8 T+ N1 ?! E, B' k: K$ ]The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009, M" O- X! w* c7 D* q
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at) m0 w# n0 C7 u1 A# C
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles3 I3 e2 G9 S8 X S$ ]% s4 x
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
8 _# i9 y/ G' L- V& z6 u+ {previous complaints.& s4 N* z; q6 m* y U: Q
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
* D; K% x. E7 ?5 |- r3 Oinvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
+ s$ b |$ B3 gspokesman. X6 E+ t7 ?+ c3 U; ?- C
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
N' b; v8 J. _; uunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
, c; V8 `8 H" G# Ideaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
0 X. g. C1 T' i* Y+ O) i7 Cbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
3 Y* `# y/ i) {for unintended acceleration.* R. n, n' v8 `" G4 d
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Reported Complaints( u: i. c2 ]6 |# n5 N
; b4 c) q3 H) p; |The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the0 q, f. }6 x3 e5 r: X; S$ g) {; u
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five' u7 w R4 p$ Q' H/ O4 u# ?
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17. i5 e2 n/ ]3 _( S( {( z, l
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were& R$ I0 Q3 M( c: r' X
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations, g# ~" [& B+ A
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.8 i) E( v/ J3 Z2 j2 n. I; G
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was; g' ~/ M X0 p$ V/ L9 p
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the+ e( Y! x6 b- \8 W
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
" C2 g+ {) L1 J: ?“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the) ?' O3 Y5 i% w$ C, x
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s8 W: o% Q: `% e0 d0 x' W/ M
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the; e5 ~! X7 N* a" |+ b
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.: s" c/ z( A1 |7 q5 i, M, l6 c
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”, x1 s& \3 Z+ s- y$ Z
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two* i( y. Z+ O! i& M2 k. r2 [# ~; y5 r3 M0 A
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New6 L! q$ _# z1 J$ n+ p7 T
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
1 O2 i) h1 h% c, B! T( k: Tbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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