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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk! D) |2 Q: j3 a) D, ?- L+ K# O; h) w
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
2 v- e T9 _; o ]) R4 [. ^! k) ]Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
3 _6 ~' o4 T3 O [/ U/ g6 u2 s5 etheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
/ m+ n* |* ?/ J- Y4 p9 G' Lacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the9 k, m; f1 x3 _7 Q% P% J
automaker’s recalls., T! c+ _* r3 C% J% |
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
9 y; O4 }2 p4 c1 K, ZTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the! l5 A2 Y9 l: v O0 z
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
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The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009$ r# d$ ]& p$ W8 |
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at* l( H: g0 l) x1 t' [8 D
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
6 l% L1 H/ v# T# _ lglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of' a" I! V& J/ x4 _3 E l! P# ?
previous complaints.
" z, c0 y+ g7 e9 L, u$ Z“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints" |& {- b" n1 |$ \7 p: h. w5 T
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota9 q) W7 H1 [, ~. h. p& ?: \ k
spokesman.
& o. `# b6 W( j/ a$ s' u3 [NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to& x( S* O. o) k9 ^
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 526 ?( x ?, G- j1 ^$ h8 n7 [7 r
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have, N7 Z% x, Z1 m$ y
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year& o9 o& ^' ]$ {0 A1 x( C
for unintended acceleration.
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' V3 ~) n' Y9 UReported Complaints4 q4 i0 ^2 u! W7 `- s' L
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the9 E. t5 [2 c1 }% C" X/ H
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five) X% e' i+ |& ^9 O/ d- e2 Q
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.7 O- X( f+ O T$ j1 g
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were/ \8 k7 b' K( J7 a
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
$ M$ B2 s% x. m! }4 Rincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier./ P( N+ I O! E$ X. Z* t/ J3 H
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
& F Q# ^! c, e& R: g4 `7 y6 xcompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the/ k C) n1 h, S j# O* F) z$ e; J
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
$ _+ ^6 v$ o# i“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the5 R) v0 d7 `/ d
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
$ ?) z8 r8 a( }0 [2 M' Hdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the8 E0 d8 r& e- |2 W0 G
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
& q+ q. M. U1 T* c& UThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”5 I1 U5 q& G# f+ g4 L9 h
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two8 }+ n& \0 F6 v
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New6 F% L. d9 _/ o/ E) Z ?3 _
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34/ K' {, \( ?# U: o
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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