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
2 w# J2 T6 n4 X. n: x- \$ x/ h2 wMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
  X4 k0 ~* J5 r9 [! ]& a8 p" lSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
1 q. L% ?1 z. a  l- _9 e! ~6 Otheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
automaker’s recalls.
! a  G( ?: l. w! O1 V4 E, VThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
. C) ~0 ~3 ?# ~) a  RTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
' @  p" C* ~+ _8 X9 S) `0 m  ragency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
validity.
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
! Z/ D' `2 G; p4 Z5 N! ?! `dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
previous complaints.
% ~0 x4 ?' d8 k( _9 Q) ~“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
  V% h% j- d# I/ ^2 u9 yinvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
spokesman.
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
' {4 U' K0 m  @7 s) ]4 qbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
for unintended acceleration.

Reported Complaints
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; b4 P  v  e+ z' F" U# Q5 r: K' RThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
, l/ p) K( S1 N$ N* O( p) Ccar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
! \4 W+ R6 k$ k$ Y  S# c6 ?; Kto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
& \% N4 A: U! z! v$ J6 A3 Y: s2 aThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
+ }* v4 d0 y  Q  W& I. ], Iat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
  V7 q9 @5 z+ h) ?9 h- L& gincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
0 u! w! t' {! h* I& mThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
" S9 J* V. ~2 D( q: v; Icompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
9 f8 J# C6 d3 d2 @  Ndriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
6 w; R0 m; |% `“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
8 h9 O$ b" ^" N2 aengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
2 r5 }+ @& }9 g7 c9 d) WToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
. y- v  }# m+ u8 V' |+ [+ Yordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
billion 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。
- t; ?) A0 l; y* Z4 z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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% z4 e4 I! X) ~9 ?( C现在camry又有新recall了：

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