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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk8 D) x8 t( J# m3 o6 O/ Z
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
. t3 S4 V! F3 m1 H$ PSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying/ X$ `6 P8 w+ r, e3 G& I
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
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automaker’s recalls.
. R2 ]! e4 t* f; ?$ ^- {+ nThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
5 }) R" Q/ m3 l* q+ i/ a4 `4 ATransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the6 i) Q9 |; x$ ]# V1 L! L" e0 t
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
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6 X7 p7 D1 [. Q$ NThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
7 R1 O! J6 F5 g' p$ l. SMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
9 [& Y+ ]) {! y) @* ^dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
, L; s! h- y/ dglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
$ @6 M; {$ Y$ F$ l5 a7 Bprevious complaints.
5 @- \7 ?) j2 i* ~. n0 n“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints# ^+ Q u7 f' {+ B
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota/ f- b# e! y0 F
spokesman.
# r; E; o% ^6 `% k; n3 N s- D; fNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
$ n! `3 v; H/ runintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 523 ?$ D: V# L/ Q4 w- ]
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
# d6 k" H3 `" d# n# E) h4 ^; a5 `been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
6 K E. I& _1 L0 r+ {for unintended acceleration.# U- f* W7 o0 p$ V
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Reported Complaints
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; f8 [; I7 ~2 _5 t) B* {The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
- T% ~8 X. e9 C l7 U# ?! |car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five% ^3 B. k3 D6 K8 ^; h6 `
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.! V/ A; W% d$ b, Z4 w9 I
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
5 [. L: U1 Y1 I# t+ g$ \( Qat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
- s: `0 Q) y$ V4 E# |. e* _# ?incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.: p2 ~: m S9 o& }7 |, @
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was+ p4 q6 Y8 M# k, b. ]& _0 z! Y
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
4 a! q4 Y% d3 g* G w/ c' |+ ]driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.6 ~0 H6 {+ n1 m
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
# d) Y7 n# X- [7 N+ s; [: aunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
% M7 l. p+ X4 K3 W$ [# L" Ydoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the- F- y0 V) k% v% h7 G
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.$ R8 g# p' a+ T+ F- b
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”" v% m% o0 e5 B1 S. l0 Z
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
B/ {( ]; O D9 \/ _ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New3 R7 `% V' u9 Z. `7 S* R, J; l* v
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
2 S- f' |8 L: y( q. vbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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