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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk- p) e2 S( X V v7 U% U) I. _
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic' B* |2 B% B' N" L9 |$ y
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying4 Y/ [) v1 ^1 V
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
; B8 ^2 _/ v' V' H* i) macceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
- t- A3 u7 C* T/ y4 O% L- k: X: _% fautomaker’s recalls.9 `: t. S/ {$ _5 }. {. O
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
4 }+ T( `6 M; jTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
) {) @( E7 l5 F0 V9 i; f+ `agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their) _" @% S& s; g5 y' T
validity.
7 ]" _8 y }) T6 m MThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
* t# h8 u5 W g2 J+ E4 WMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at6 E9 S0 j- t8 u, C3 F; y4 |1 ]
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
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& O8 r, C" `2 qprevious complaints.$ ~! `+ Z: m2 f$ T& D& k3 U
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints( j# J7 x( ~. M7 u
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota! F1 \+ o6 z3 @/ V8 \
spokesman.
2 s; S. N- @& Z( p8 r3 ^. k& \& PNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
/ v) J8 O# K" V0 Zunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
2 ~% O g- V. r( Gdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have7 g# z8 t' J6 t
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
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# E8 Q6 c. r5 x7 vReported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
* {# v+ x$ v7 I0 o+ @# Kcar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
9 ~ a' W# \! {9 a. zto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.) T0 `" e+ ~0 Y+ ^( E2 m e
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
" |7 b; M: j' ]at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
0 `' C8 q( P! `incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.: q8 a1 D q/ k' E
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
* P: ^! r/ L' q- t, X5 Acompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
/ e$ O, G2 M, V2 M+ odriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.+ |4 d$ B$ o6 n1 B+ Z
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the$ ^) b1 P& X6 U: I) Z/ E
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
; d, H* m4 \; d6 ~ pdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
1 r. ]- K5 I# ?9 J3 Qengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.! B3 j+ H6 m1 M+ p
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”' |" ]# i+ k. {, `
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two" q# Y" \2 V3 W) W% F
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New, O7 a3 G+ R3 f
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34( I- [' h/ w6 v: N
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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