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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk5 N4 q' m$ }& H- Q Q% W" o% n
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic( }/ Z7 @: h3 B4 D5 h
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying: N. ~4 h+ E" l6 Y) k! ]
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
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' F) b, t0 @( U. I2 Sautomaker’s recalls./ ^& V( ]/ ~4 d/ c1 D5 V/ t& }
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
' k: e) H* v; t( n& oTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
- K& k! o4 e) E( V- C' N" Aagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
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The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009, E6 i5 z. [. y4 ~
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
: e5 u* y0 N2 Z8 x3 c! ndealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles! v7 g% p0 g4 X% w3 G, Y6 t" G; y- t
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
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“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
2 Y! d _9 \- @0 |7 D5 f7 ?involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota% F0 [4 Y w$ S, }0 v$ u& M. q: z
spokesman., U$ ?6 Q2 ~6 w7 H
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
2 A& M$ ]( J; M% x9 Y: ?unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
! f6 W, g( }! e% xdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
2 X6 A8 g6 N i( Jbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
$ e, S: \. d+ F9 bfor unintended acceleration.
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Reported Complaints. j; F, {9 `: C& b. z' O y
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
0 e9 x9 D+ P, O g0 m0 O9 Lcar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
8 E" J2 R- t2 k$ {0 lto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.) j7 F9 v: {. ~9 I
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
& H$ h0 h/ H! y- c1 |6 }& Kat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
' x7 ]0 D' ~; d* K8 f8 _( x7 Iincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.0 J+ \* U. w& ^* h' v) n
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was' P; P8 n6 e! {! D4 Y
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the, u# F5 m ^; g* H
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot. @; T/ d- P& O; @$ U) Y; j
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the: U5 O9 M; {( p/ Z
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s6 j" Q9 d( R8 p. K
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the$ L) q3 M0 Y' U5 s8 ?3 U5 b
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
! {! j; G, Q5 P$ I: mThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”2 M4 a+ q# E/ S) \( \( n7 r
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two$ S/ ~# P4 Y( [) _
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
* w/ n6 d. K, F: }York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $340 ^1 C. H2 Y0 Y4 G+ w L3 O) V
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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