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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk2 _+ a9 L7 x, p0 w2 D( F
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic6 w. X7 _2 W$ {
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying- O; Y; T- E" A% O* ^: `; A5 h1 r
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended# n* k( c7 M" |* J, f
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
o) O4 Z( J5 Q" {% e4 z6 Fautomaker’s recalls.
7 Z5 \2 D' u5 _ Z- M, RThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
. _) @# Z( R5 j( X9 PTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
, X5 @3 C' ^+ d* G. m! Zagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
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( ^3 B6 i T+ r, Y% D3 @2 WThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009. C1 q' }& {! n5 J' z* a1 ^) }. K
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at9 W9 b3 _5 }' K v) I! J* L3 H
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
: N$ S' d0 N5 i4 [2 {globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
9 R( [ L* L4 b( I* r* Q1 \previous complaints.
. |6 v; B6 k, A/ B“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints1 P: Q6 m- L) C) ?# b/ E" }, w' C
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota- l" }! r; }5 H* u p( C. {
spokesman.4 n9 E4 h }4 I/ m
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to( g0 i* Z9 H6 E) p3 \5 d3 |& ]
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
# w H4 b) R9 O* O8 O6 @deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
; B5 i( U% O% ~been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year9 [: Y. _/ ^; k2 l5 W( S
for unintended acceleration.
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k9 W) U$ h3 W3 b: BReported Complaints; H# X/ l. Q. ]. y
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
1 [9 m/ d: g. z6 \! f- t1 Acar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five* M3 e" n! Z9 U5 b
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17., `4 S: ]% i0 V
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were4 h2 m* {8 a6 V! B7 }
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations( B! A+ ~$ l) l) D) ?
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
2 L0 n- @% J8 ~% n5 b: M4 DThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was% i( M+ q7 ]+ Z
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
( }* }/ K3 c2 J6 |: n) edriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.& X8 w5 R7 d+ N9 S* N+ M
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the5 [6 I3 c% Z$ ]% d! x' _# E# S& V
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
5 `* a4 f+ I& w' Z+ y9 D$ gdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
5 O$ L: Q1 e3 Z' }engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.% p* g* v' L; x- h! z8 S
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”9 g3 S$ B( @2 z! u' B n" x5 w1 M
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two- f% [5 {/ F9 r2 f4 N+ S
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New, j* W% z* n6 l9 X$ `1 X- s
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34/ C' V( J6 {1 a6 |. [* v/ T
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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