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

CASH$$$

By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
) X: ?6 I8 {, F% U4 Qacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
automaker’s recalls.
8 y# {* o0 g5 {- _. k( gThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
2 i. p, T. j3 a( B0 GTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
) y$ X+ E$ `6 ~# U( aagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
validity.
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
7 i0 H& w' T( ~+ V6 Q9 vMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
, E  ]2 T1 l) ^3 Jglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
previous complaints.
8 l, P, `, |, h/ e“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
" g) \) {/ W) ^8 B6 Q$ e' `spokesman.
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
& P0 g5 H3 U4 n. [6 Vunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
* K/ q& f& }  I& N) ydeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
7 W1 o( P$ P3 V5 O: q" Gbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
4 z- `- D+ r: ?$ ^) x1 yfor unintended acceleration.
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Reported Complaints

" E/ Y9 X( J3 K! H6 ^, xThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
! r+ h& N4 Q% w/ M# j9 Yat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
3 X" Z# w! [$ N' P) Y; ?& j2 p: QThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
) C/ b% S7 m6 S6 M8 Ecompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
1 e( w1 U# m( l' ~3 gdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
& a+ a4 c" Y2 h* K7 H( `' {0 k0 Uunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
' A8 }3 N) [: Nengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
9 Q9 S3 n3 ~5 |$ N8 yThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
; f. ~/ X3 F- l# N& J8 u& ?Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
) @( E3 Q4 f  E7 QYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
' _! L' t, d+ u& p! l8 Cbillion 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。
5 {# u( M" I7 i0 l3 k( K5 ^pchell 发表于 2010-3-5 23:10

( _* q& A1 y3 a6 \# A5 I7 I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