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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk4 [* [& i& J/ _ ]# a/ Q
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
& l) U5 A0 m2 R5 c) LSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
9 S/ s" u0 [ g$ M0 ]4 p! Qtheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
' f8 o$ ]2 B8 M! P* b" facceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
8 @$ ~9 S4 G+ X2 iautomaker’s recalls.
9 X% u2 Q* P2 M' ]. R& W1 XThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A/ o( w7 F- F' q% b& S \) z0 @. m
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the& b! o9 l; V2 O# y, V
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
, ?: F- E% O, evalidity.
4 D: @- _( [" g s0 l$ ^The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009) I/ |4 D. r) p4 N: M' W9 u
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at; |+ l* `$ {. \5 }, Y2 _
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
( ?5 b9 e! j) r: K, W: P$ Eglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of x! a( j) X$ L' c+ R
previous complaints.; g4 f- A0 _6 s
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints) K8 P& T7 r, [$ Z) g: s* {
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to% g \) `7 ^$ o0 g5 e1 F9 p) u
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52* R. Z4 N8 Y' m8 H! p5 E% B8 c
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
1 g+ `/ e3 ?: N% { G0 ~% v* z; Z9 V6 lbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
; f" ]" O" }+ k6 i: }- i3 dfor unintended acceleration.
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3 [( n: n: r& l8 G' y* \. t$ aReported Complaints `% d$ s+ y+ L3 `" ^
1 [1 o7 x* P: A2 `- Q; vThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the7 G( C, H9 q1 D. k( K+ J! ~
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
+ o/ e- ^* e( \) x& Dto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.2 V" M; ?* ]( w0 T% Q! b
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were/ D0 R! s9 R0 Z Y
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
0 M$ c, u) a' E: S! U* vincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.4 Y/ ?( T0 m, q+ q7 ~6 M/ Q
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was& d' N6 R2 x4 E
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the/ p) ]9 D; T/ R0 H
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
* j+ r" C' `. S8 \, `$ W“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
4 F7 e( Z: D% S/ O9 _1 P _) Qunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
6 [9 g! x3 [+ z" S/ a" pdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
2 e8 X: ?# @5 A( qengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
" ^4 W1 n$ ^' m' w/ Z1 |0 |" {) QThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
+ C! N2 p. N1 j( a8 u+ FToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two& g& q, P. A$ w( c7 b" D6 J1 U
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New* j4 ?% f/ S/ |+ n" r
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
0 O% e- s {/ h# K1 J& v2 t% f9 O& ubillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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