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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk" T# X& g# Z+ ?7 F6 b% w) y) p
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
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their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
# Z" C, c9 V: F/ i) r* `acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
; d, m: q {0 O- p7 i! B& l5 Vautomaker’s recalls., J, A4 k, `8 A6 Z! H0 y
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
. D/ Q3 Y, y( p) Z. ETransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
7 P' F9 s: \# t" B, M( wagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
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& [ `# w$ J( i) g' c5 o* CThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009/ _& \% T# j. s6 V$ R
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
, s1 @+ D& V6 b# Edealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
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previous complaints.1 {" D( l9 v% c4 x6 t! v; x
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
( `# f2 P* b: F, s; ginvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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% E* [% J; k( g* PNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
Z' N) x [7 ?4 d, H3 Zunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
4 G Y2 I g% tdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have- x4 k$ ^& P7 ~% b& D. X
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year$ m% s" ^' T, x; x5 S$ G Q
for unintended acceleration. H8 O, {# R6 S1 {5 ?% N6 F
% s. S9 u0 O" ^, s8 H6 RReported Complaints
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1 m) j' x& h1 T2 p+ P' h/ oThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
" }& u6 Q* z* b( `car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
9 V$ ^ D+ ?% g9 k$ @0 Dto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.) C! f% T5 U3 U9 M9 z
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were2 ?8 E, ]1 W W- ] \
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
5 r' x% ?' r. V( x* C! P" ? Q% q$ Qincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.1 s0 c3 p/ M! b, u/ W1 G
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was2 l6 y; Z. W7 b! U4 Z; d
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
4 t0 H# H8 `: s2 g" |& ]driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.* C/ p) K# ^% B+ {9 D2 `" |8 t' _
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
6 d# n) `! F& J4 N5 ^$ hunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s* b( Y) }* [1 |; {! A5 K
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
' K& f4 T' R( O# K& F/ c, I. Vengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
) y6 T8 q% J9 W, O- V+ IThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
4 C2 R% O( E9 ^6 b1 [6 j' }" K- aToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two1 y! }8 J' O0 |5 W/ i
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New) y$ U! Z6 E, ?, N8 a, X
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
# ?! l2 T+ U2 d6 b% bbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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