四辆召回修好后的丰田车又有了加速问题；总死亡人数可能增加到52

CASH$$$

By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
3 @9 u. V! T0 \% Q& u) ^Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
, a8 f0 v) q" Z5 w) t" Etheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
; d0 S- s) E: f3 _  x+ P( }& x& c8 F& ~automaker’s recalls.
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
) u8 }2 f4 `4 T5 F+ q' {+ }Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
5 N8 y- U' b& }0 qagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
validity.
) W. @1 H. h2 ^% FThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
) ~& s! ~* @4 s9 X5 T+ y' eprevious complaints.
0 Q) _2 ?! o$ Y; A: a“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
spokesman.
9 Y6 i# u9 U2 R0 @, ~  FNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
5 D& j; l$ \. \9 r5 {- t) S) Rdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
/ Q3 X+ U3 Y" [3 n' }4 @2 ybeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
for unintended acceleration.

! h" [& a1 G( w4 D# q, r9 q# r, |Reported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
& c7 ?" }( J+ ~2 O$ C) c8 S$ \car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
7 \. J- O, r$ t" J# kincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
& G' j, B  k8 G! Z3 d9 kThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
! a9 R/ w1 A2 [! l8 gcompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
  u' |- S# `$ @# r/ mdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
! z1 w2 ]  q4 c) c$ Nunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
  q* u$ i5 s7 z. c, t: f* f. }Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21.

newlife

Toyota is going to die.

urspace

可惜始终有中国人还是执迷不悟，可悲。

pchell

真的假的？那位大牛出来证实一下。
这下好了，国内不过是“下坡不超凯美瑞，上坡不跟汉兰德”，也就两款车。到了加拿大，只要见到丰田/lexus的轿车就得让道，太牛了。

shark27

真的假的？那位大牛出来证实一下。
) j, r" U0 O4 ~9 t& Y8 o1 b+ K这下好了，国内不过是“下坡不超凯美瑞，上坡不跟汉兰德”，也就两款车。到了加拿大，只要见到丰田/lexus的轿车就得让道，太牛了。
pchell 发表于 2010-3-5 23:10

* ~2 M0 X7 k" G& Y9 E现在camry又有新recall了：

在踏板后面加个小铁片已经是昨日黄花了，现在是要把踏板锯掉一截

beiwei