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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk. Z0 C( l( y; |* ^; W0 `3 U
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic$ ]7 Z7 H+ f, R3 a2 |
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
8 @! e8 T2 ?2 s, E' c% ^' Gtheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended' i4 Z8 e) y$ B3 u# W* c3 \6 _! v
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
' g' Z# K6 b$ u- p Uautomaker’s recalls.
9 O' l4 H" a: e! `* CThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
; y# y: ^ c( K0 ]" g* o% E/ lTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
9 |: s2 |2 k' `' ~1 u, X( Iagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
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The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
; W$ A0 n% d* y# {" q* M3 F0 ^Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
3 N0 p4 _$ `/ f- }* \7 v* J$ i3 |dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
$ _$ p- |& J) Z( qglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
4 p y2 y0 s! T, L) eprevious complaints.
8 f3 }6 g8 u6 Y0 s, [! u7 e- Z# E! R“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints" X* z5 x q5 `$ r' _
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota4 D! x+ f& |: `; b6 ]0 x
spokesman.
5 P/ @$ C# M# o1 u; h$ [) mNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
& c$ c$ d' Q3 t4 F+ [- o: w1 qunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 521 N0 i, u0 A/ }6 k, \
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have9 p9 I7 a1 Y; o! o; P
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
) A8 ~: V' c# v0 J; Yfor unintended acceleration.+ }2 ~3 ?$ j$ F: Y0 K& c
. X" T( q2 a8 nReported Complaints, D- ?( h' c8 q: j
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the# M. U3 P& o; S; [2 o# q' i
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five5 Q+ J0 p/ o) i" c
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17. c" f! \8 ?- d$ A/ ^- Y& r6 I1 D
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
8 b/ p* Y3 X; _# Tat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
Z6 ~0 D( W8 R3 e* J* `incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.# \3 y# h$ d& X( W. F+ z5 i
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
7 G& b" B) E0 e- O2 K8 q+ I. Ncompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
# {' Y6 A# ]2 b8 T- h+ |! edriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
; a8 l N6 W3 [" N; u“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the+ W) A0 P5 p- c, v/ o( P& I
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
' Q) B" z% \, Xdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
# o: P! ?+ M4 Q a5 E+ f$ zengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.2 |* j& i8 j! S$ Z" x
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”& d& m3 s8 |, O7 {
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
d% H9 J- [; e( v! ~ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
7 C; N3 i/ Y0 w2 L, M. s- tYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
5 \2 Z" Z( ?6 xbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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