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
6 X% F; M8 k" o1 `+ f' }March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
$ F# _% u: n9 o+ [* gSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
5 i- a7 J6 W  z0 ntheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
) E/ W0 k4 x6 u& C- {" pacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
$ z$ I( \. }. J4 s- n# i% Iautomaker’s recalls.
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
# h4 \7 j& ~9 {9 a  d& {Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
( g& _( a# N; u) yagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
validity.
9 U! L& n/ |8 b! f1 h# {/ `The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
4 E6 u! j9 W8 y- KMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
  D0 \/ Q0 D4 v! x1 _' `' V, odealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
  _, N9 J4 I! Gglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
previous complaints.
0 w2 d0 E$ {! t5 a“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
" q% E: V( x$ |+ `8 [$ Hinvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
spokesman.
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
& x2 B7 x* D/ ]% i1 e( aunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
3 I. P8 Q5 r% N, Qbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
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
% ]8 R, _+ |3 O$ k2 Vcar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
( [# T& X) W; o! X2 ^  nto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
3 S: X) L  S1 A/ nThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
- C+ R2 t7 G; X6 [9 I+ KThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
  d- Z/ E9 L, Q  x“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
/ @2 ?( F# L' R' ~5 ]9 Q  pengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
& \" ^$ w9 S) {, {0 AThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
1 ]& Z  h" [0 v+ q- M& r" n" [% \( LToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
8 m* U( ?- D* r: z' L7 B% tordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
* o, o" q  P; w& `$ R2 @York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
) ?; _% X0 I# n  ?' m% Gbillion 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。
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。
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。
pchell 发表于 2010-3-5 23:10

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现在camry又有新recall了：
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3 m/ f8 \- a0 l8 U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