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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk# a% r* y3 E; \% }) |
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic8 V* R; I6 ^3 U, [- b
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying5 ?8 p; h2 C+ T0 U ~# ~
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended/ n' F0 y: ~5 s9 j K
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the6 V5 I1 m; n0 A) L! X
automaker’s recalls.5 _8 e7 D9 i1 q; k! {
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
! ]. y- Z; }) s% v7 K8 STransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
$ X7 U8 G2 s9 A* M2 p# V9 magency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their! m. J C/ ^0 q4 J; C( a7 G+ E
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The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009& {! a4 R0 |) }+ L9 a9 |: ~% o [
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
! K" h: j; C5 G' ^+ mdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
% G6 [+ y: i9 S- w# v8 K! \/ }. Iglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of, V6 U4 X; ?; f% E6 B
previous complaints.+ Y+ `/ r* |6 g$ r/ q
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints; f: R+ P4 J1 k1 c' ?" L3 d* d
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota9 q9 J$ S2 a! i9 B) Z- [
spokesman.8 ?8 `- I3 {5 t4 m
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to g0 p; y7 C( Z' t9 S
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
6 i& y1 [4 p. x. v1 Ddeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have3 z: c9 E# k- A. H6 i+ L
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year0 Y7 D7 T* P2 B. E$ B
for unintended acceleration. m) f- m+ d6 Z8 a% T; S
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Reported Complaints
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( l# `- o* b+ [7 h* a/ \The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the% E- X2 x3 e7 a2 e. q
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five" T. _3 O$ y7 G
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
; _. N" S! H$ d1 n+ A. fThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
* M( w+ ]$ A2 w* T, }at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
. o% s! z1 t' \" F% W) H4 zincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.4 I8 I6 D0 `. M2 M
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was, n% s2 w9 g( L; V; |6 {. X. s, X
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the* W6 w& W2 q) g- k3 X3 [) P% g
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
, @) ^3 W" h# d; A! _" L' [; ]“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the2 m6 M1 q2 q/ A, d- ^# e+ W
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
$ W3 z- f" J: O4 Zdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the9 A' `. s; H! b$ e* F3 Q
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.7 i* G( ^1 R5 o6 `; Y+ t( ?$ S
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”% P$ C/ Z/ M! x1 ^/ E' t
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
4 a- D0 n3 E7 ^: ~+ ^: M& g5 kordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
+ i) r/ ?+ B+ _3 ?# A3 `York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
5 w) q/ w% i* D0 x: @' Ebillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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