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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk7 D' \: Q$ r( ?3 `
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
, K4 ~3 ]# {+ i. U' `) fSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
: Y7 q/ o1 U! ?' o. ~their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
: \; [* w) \/ bacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the! c& f: M$ ]8 O3 M- Y i- F! U" `" R( \
automaker’s recalls./ p4 K3 _0 z0 h& H# [
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
* A# A. `% Y4 u& U# dTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
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The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009; i s7 x+ M2 k4 k0 b8 Q; |' B8 U
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
9 e7 D+ z& \+ L9 X8 edealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
% D7 ]+ p6 O5 V; y C1 hglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
& L6 {: H& Y( M& w0 F2 W" K$ ?1 jprevious complaints.1 E8 E. ~9 R- S1 C! c( ^
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
9 ~; A. O/ H' s- {- P' winvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota5 k, Y- p: v K+ ? i" l/ E6 v. u) k4 ~
spokesman.6 S7 x/ t4 z M# [" N
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
8 m% H+ X8 Z1 b9 p$ x9 \. Y7 Yunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52# {6 Z6 q7 c7 f: {& z, s
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
" R# u! ^0 |( Kbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
) {8 u, k3 p# U4 w$ N$ [' K0 |for unintended acceleration.
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Reported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
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to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.! q+ y3 f. p$ T8 ]" Y1 F$ E. Z
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
& _! R% n8 u& `+ Qat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
F: E" h9 |8 D2 d! j1 mincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
) g) D( | O, C- C5 H ?/ k% U- d+ wThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was! J4 `3 }! z+ h5 G3 {
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
0 S5 A2 L K Q. \driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
. d% W% U d& b“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the( {7 I9 m* d8 a7 n; w
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s& u) b9 i' I7 z" E
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the( N# p8 e% c& J3 l7 T
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.1 S& C- V4 n+ U. ?& ]2 R+ s
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
2 a6 E! j2 a; C3 xToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
5 N! {( O* f1 P5 ^6 q1 l/ W' s7 [ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New. ~% [7 P8 ~# T' @
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34/ u, n# V! U- r( i
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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