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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
: j# o- M+ i6 u: h* x5 L/ wMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
& @$ a0 \; W- c1 m$ qSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
* |) {* V% U4 B+ n9 ]their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
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automaker’s recalls." k4 a+ l$ [$ j+ S2 f
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
" t3 T6 m/ M3 X1 O- STransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the) _2 G' d0 L0 @' O5 ^% G# O- r
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
4 D5 e1 \" D" w! Q' l; Bvalidity.
3 d% _" k [+ X) a! QThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009" ]' m. i g5 g$ w: u" I+ V( @) h
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
. |1 G5 B/ }( y3 |4 r- |6 ldealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
" X/ M( L; ]; n9 Yglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
' p- D2 c Q1 y8 z2 Hprevious complaints.
% k" e3 b+ w3 }' j$ }& R. C& L- X“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
$ | [& B, j* t/ uinvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota9 A/ C8 X: g) R( q
spokesman.
' w( L7 h" i/ F1 G$ G6 sNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to1 `, B# [- D+ ^ z1 O. ]
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
9 c& P* M5 h6 xdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
; k! M( r, k. a8 |been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year& e6 {* U& y: c; p6 P2 e
for unintended acceleration.
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Reported Complaints& G' d6 x4 \6 \; F2 L# S) A' @
% f2 e$ i& K" HThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the/ R" n2 B, O" q
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five% ?/ j, Y4 [ m; u8 u0 ]
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
/ v. A; S! N/ X DThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
t* s( c8 s+ D1 Rat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations+ ?, P1 i+ C! u, h, v
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.. y8 F" w M8 h* v
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was7 h3 l7 Z: c3 M8 W1 M2 e# Q5 I0 H8 V) b
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
/ E* a5 A' }: h+ c. |driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.# A5 P0 \& _! q9 ]0 @
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the7 ?& P1 V& }7 m* W
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
9 \8 R4 x- x5 \+ b6 Pdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the9 ?- ?- ]) k) i; L& L, @, }) {
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
. u8 u s+ } lThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
: P( K6 X2 N1 O0 qToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two4 ~9 r9 i4 \! W5 X) ]
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
% Z8 g2 @: h, I! q$ a! OYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $341 w" _/ V/ W, L4 e
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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