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
* [# a1 S) c4 D" i. YSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
3 p  {# e8 _, h5 btheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
automaker’s recalls.
  p( x4 K2 b# m) }' s2 `8 HThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
5 D/ Q/ s0 c- bTransportation 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 Z# \. }. S( Q4 sMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
previous complaints.
% p% M( h4 Q3 k6 T5 f9 a/ V/ e“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
2 @7 B5 ?8 m1 W) Einvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
spokesman.
) b3 Q0 m/ ~; D9 P, rNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
  E/ O8 H8 Q: Kdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
4 N2 O* T' n: A" e  M7 q% Y* n4 W2 Ybeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
+ e8 g+ q! {6 [. }( g) |5 lfor unintended acceleration.

# t: }' ^1 e' H, t; @Reported Complaints
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* ]6 G1 c: X; r  l7 ZThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
' N# \7 T$ ~  ]/ K4 S3 {0 u! u& l4 Hcar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
" h% ?% ~7 l: d$ Q0 S4 r: D) J: g+ Wto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
$ c0 `! o7 [5 L9 v. f3 mat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
* c* I) K1 _: x0 `1 w  K$ fThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
. L! ?7 x( @1 a, ccompleted 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
- H* w$ [) k1 _: G! b; C) E% ?! s# cengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
0 Z% |9 @" p  I9 P7 u  cThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
7 I9 l( u. c# T- p, H5 ?7 g2 V0 `# R6 hToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
! B! u# @' i. s# b8 i1 b4 lYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
billion 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。
! A: B0 N; R* X8 V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。
* H/ d( Z( w+ x  W2 _" C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。
* y  f! O! }  _& q, I7 _pchell 发表于 2010-3-5 23:10

现在camry又有新recall了：
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7 M: ?/ R, ]# v9 l/ J9 T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