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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
' k$ Z5 T( a5 ^: y7 E t- FMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic- R- m. Q7 g* j8 ?* g+ l- H2 S
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
; {5 G# N) m) U8 J! ?- K( b6 gtheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended! M. u1 D+ f+ O T( C( x. c8 |& g% H
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
$ ~. ]$ D1 p/ {- @1 y" b( C; ]automaker’s recalls.
3 Z* \! a/ A y4 oThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A$ M; L6 M3 ]8 E5 a
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
! c1 ?; I& U5 f6 Hagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
: W, j9 N6 l- e7 P5 @6 |5 Z1 M& Hvalidity.4 } W9 ?& x# Q
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
6 r# _0 o: a; v jMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at8 y& @" x& M4 K" U
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles9 ^" n2 D2 j6 r; m3 f, B0 A
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
. K9 \$ a4 I+ Y4 q$ ]previous complaints.
% p7 J+ X% ^" V( |: J/ S“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
$ n! M4 c' o: y3 j; \& \3 Cinvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota' Q7 Y/ E8 F% H( F
spokesman.
* B' Y `* x; J' fNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to5 P# k1 i0 U! w
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 520 D# V, d6 V. Z" c/ ^4 C$ n
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
7 b) c8 @# Q- cbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
( F, T! O. M; D) Afor unintended acceleration.+ R; R @, N3 e
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Reported Complaints
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% e6 `! u% z* ~7 X* Q- u( S, xThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the& `! V6 c! O8 B5 e7 ^, y3 C' ~
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five1 d9 @5 ^4 c3 B% O& I( m# E
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
: I4 S2 w# Y' ?, f3 @The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
. u* p# z. I4 Tat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
* B p3 z4 g4 U3 uincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.) l* p9 \7 L+ a6 Z2 C4 x
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
L u p4 y5 J/ R/ R# Wcompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
a3 c# [) `$ y W6 Odriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
6 B7 a# T3 X# P# @“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
2 h) M* @: [- R1 I- B6 m9 wunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s- t- k/ e6 h: v3 f# _
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the3 u6 ^' d8 K5 _2 r7 ~
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
/ \* L: r% t; C8 Y2 aThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
, I! u4 J$ ?5 e7 tToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two0 X8 m* Z) `' v+ z0 B! O
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
$ ^# o' ^" z2 ZYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34- _! @% v4 V6 F8 S+ C# ?" r4 n
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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