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

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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
6 E: R, c! I  [their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
automaker’s recalls.
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
' u' V4 U" s+ L7 i$ L1 rTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
validity.
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
2 x% G% H: `, P. ~6 R! c; v2 MMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
% F' c% r/ r  J" \, {8 }9 G  bglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
previous complaints.
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
; n( m& g& J6 U) Q! Yinvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
spokesman.
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
$ b$ c5 B2 r; i/ k7 T- H# Funintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
; n, D6 i, b( \deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
; C! c: x/ v2 d8 E  |for unintended acceleration.

- V( m0 V/ z  H4 H' zReported Complaints

' T& Z; @7 Q# k  t' R! eThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
6 u- I: D" R. ^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
  _$ R: @$ D& r& hincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
' H! x. y9 M0 G3 h& @# Z3 b/ Fcompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
driver’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
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.
0 e& U" m1 u* l* }6 `This 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
# R4 k# C: ?+ }York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
$ w# l3 V! ^3 F1 fbillion 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。
; M( \3 w; K0 f+ T! 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

; s5 e/ g- \4 s$ `/ A9 I$ f
) X4 y+ h' L1 }现在camry又有新recall了：

# ~2 \, X1 e: Z! a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