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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
+ d8 g9 @; L+ D, K2 CMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic/ @$ H5 i; N9 ^/ c$ g& ?' x
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying& L5 k- _/ O' R# C8 V. i
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended4 K5 y3 k$ j2 c2 V9 r
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
7 N8 n' ]$ A, c9 r4 x. _automaker’s recalls.
, `+ T9 I/ X5 l+ Y Z3 EThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A6 ` i$ Y. s0 ~
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
3 r7 ]* _% i- M% |' w, ?$ @( tagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their7 N# u* Q% b& J) s/ h. b8 G( }
validity.
6 q0 c) Y' Q- {, N3 x8 }+ q6 s: dThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
" ]( @# ]! H6 v' Y6 jMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at2 L: E1 K. s& j- n7 u1 x
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
/ y6 n* `. g! Bglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
: P. y/ w% u1 T9 M& P; Y% K8 {5 Fprevious complaints.
0 F! Z1 c- l8 J b“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints3 f0 I' I8 w6 A. Y( C X4 |/ E
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to9 g0 X. ]0 C3 y! n$ o' C* U8 T
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52% _# @$ A4 D4 R, q
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
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for unintended acceleration.
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Reported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
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to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.+ K4 Y% s5 S3 [0 E; C8 f
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
5 @ F/ v/ T/ s& k9 J- Rat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations3 X5 w' o) O7 e* H0 z. ?
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
3 T( J: }9 s/ {6 s6 hThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was \" j" j: K* {
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
0 i) a" [: U! Gdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.5 h* Q/ ]: F# e/ W; O( \, Z& g' a
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
2 [; M( J O; r) L# V8 uunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
3 `/ @+ t |: Q- J2 }" ?* S2 Udoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the5 S7 x b/ i$ M1 V2 F
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.3 {7 R8 L! z, [8 Y9 F5 @
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
( V2 {- L/ C( `- YToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
7 _: h* C2 x, u4 W) [. R: Y: I3 ^+ Qordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New5 L3 t Z6 N+ p% d T5 w
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
: m) y1 J: w3 m6 ~billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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