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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
8 A8 }; y3 O2 h2 O5 u2 @" ?March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic1 \6 L* Y& d/ r+ m+ z
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying5 `& @7 K5 b O9 k" Z
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
' L8 o3 t* I# ?4 j( e1 ]acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
8 {+ I$ M4 q- G- a7 ~. `9 Eautomaker’s recalls.
" r5 C) u& B; @/ W; O4 a4 sThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
6 z4 ^) k0 _# E% u0 B5 ITransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
$ ?7 k, n3 o1 v" Z) [& l( bagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
+ q3 L! A3 L' @, Z- F# F7 x1 j5 l/ Mvalidity.7 o# a; w( L \3 b
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
2 C8 e4 p1 u. w0 J2 ?# kMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at, ]6 l5 S7 d, g' h8 Q5 t
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
3 X$ w: P) C) F( L tglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
, B. t4 V$ ?6 t* Gprevious complaints.8 R) O6 q9 k t' a, |9 V4 `+ j% B
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
5 A: f5 J$ [* winvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota4 @0 `2 a ^) X% v
spokesman.3 d* ?0 e) m; p# Y7 z& w1 p! |
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
$ c. B2 j1 M% i: y) Eunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
+ T4 h0 k* X' g( C+ N1 {deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have$ k6 \3 Y9 _& P2 m3 |3 O' q
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year2 Y, \, `* q2 D- ~1 E6 A' [
for unintended acceleration.
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( D4 e/ [+ s4 E- j, tReported Complaints$ S8 G, w: W; T/ i
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the) x4 L+ R7 V* m
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five" m6 v- p2 u: q5 _% G# R1 w
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
5 Q5 V5 g% G @; N& IThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
2 s& d4 S I1 `3 H& oat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations5 w. ` j1 L' E
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
& Y6 A: M2 K' y+ r; S6 _! E: z* jThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
" r# H! V; ? i8 bcompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the1 E9 c8 j' F7 }, q; K. Y: \6 ]
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
9 ]! D% M" I1 t% W( ^“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
9 q2 L8 e" i% x' d2 w) @' kunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s2 |6 L( H, k$ M$ K0 y! C$ A
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the3 U% a" A4 Q! f2 f( c# b/ R
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.! g4 t- w" y5 R( S. W( F5 \* K
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”. P$ n: b2 _* ?. \% N% b+ G
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
' n6 k- N1 g; ^- Gordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New- b* k+ g$ P$ n/ c7 [9 e
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34+ _9 P5 t& o l1 I
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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