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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
5 J e$ o8 x: G2 @# _8 X. _March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
8 F; J& z/ k: ~9 t2 hSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying% J6 d. [ ` v4 d
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
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automaker’s recalls.8 m8 s" l! S ^& D- v# b, i
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
' b$ z6 I t% \8 Q" wTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the* X' H* f* y4 \$ M( I& L, }
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/ W7 u" Q7 K3 L) v, C$ S
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at- V. R9 H! i, v( B. l% ~; M$ g
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
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$ q/ Z/ B# n+ C* H: hprevious complaints. ?( Z, ?, ]9 O0 P# |! ]
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
& g% i( h; ]! J& \. O, Einvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota* {% p" j) c0 ^: q& U$ W. Y
spokesman.
) @" p/ Y: A# P4 {; `2 S' BNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
) T1 ~1 E7 I( P5 uunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 520 r( n+ k( I+ L; m6 C4 f
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
* f X: [& [# r6 U6 E5 g1 Hbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year1 X" L6 E4 I7 U2 M5 V/ Z
for unintended acceleration.7 i8 q" `* X& Y1 g! K. q
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Reported Complaints S7 W% O0 Z0 k8 m' m
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the6 n! f, R" P. U2 R' B: O" ?6 t9 h
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
0 o( S% v, X5 Q- Eto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
0 G* u% o" E- r7 \The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were {* e4 `, _8 b
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations# C3 v. U1 A- [# Q) T
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
: @% C! w6 Z$ aThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
- G# T+ `$ H' N" Zcompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
! k/ w' b9 G# ?& C, o% f/ }driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot. {3 p" b9 F& p4 l# M7 ~# C2 r
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the: o0 U2 }$ O; k$ P
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s8 h' M7 Y5 b7 k A0 U8 q' ]
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the, j, M5 h* d8 A; \
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.5 a% F& Z8 S5 }
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”, T( D @+ d% I6 X0 l
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two6 z* X' {9 R7 h
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New' e) O. N+ v3 x% K
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
8 p0 W. L6 [$ d# O: \8 L$ Jbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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