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
& K( z8 b2 \0 t( SMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
3 w7 M8 v  Z! l& G; FSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
4 d/ O" N: B1 }2 a- Q/ Ytheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
  I4 {' W: E2 c- H5 Racceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
5 P0 I2 s) a1 u1 j2 cautomaker’s recalls.
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
' j) t. l9 d0 \0 a: Tagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
validity.
5 t3 h: j- G) m( @The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
& f3 ]# U& N7 N' R. rMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
% D+ E- u4 q" J4 l4 S( g. ?! Udealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
+ P& X, M" {1 a1 {: S" Uprevious complaints.
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
4 T! }% ~2 |& Q9 J3 Binvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
spokesman.
4 k( L7 t3 \- F' J& V6 B/ q& oNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
) ]; Y: C/ B" Z9 Y, z( Iunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
3 U7 {4 x4 s! T5 jdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
6 _/ z, |" m4 m! Z  X( T( f9 Pbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
for unintended acceleration.

Reported Complaints

The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
" |! B! R" o, H4 a: ~$ `car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
- \3 }, q, d$ i' L4 \- q4 q/ Kto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
( M, o: l8 V4 q( ?# S' nat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
/ o) W. c5 J: HThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
9 r! B2 @/ ~6 t- j& D# x+ Tdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
2 x& {- h( }; C, W* r( g' }2 R+ ^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.
1 y+ {; y  |  l' W2 DThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
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 $34
3 Q2 }% d$ Y! I7 i9 Wbillion 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。
! F4 o0 c+ Z. W: _8 {" t$ S) W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。
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。
2 N! x5 k( p6 E3 ~$ e2 xpchell 发表于 2010-3-5 23:10

现在camry又有新recall了：
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; t: R* l% P& }  F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