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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
6 y* i5 c4 F) o* r* `8 j+ i2 _) _9 bMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
8 f6 v3 H+ g2 u4 C2 lSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
Z Z' d, a9 m. utheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended X- i8 j. U0 H4 F4 n8 k
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the) h- X' A) |# O; U9 {; K
automaker’s recalls.
5 }5 a6 m4 X5 W* h& Y d% bThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A. M6 P! L* G. ~1 j& Y
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
1 [' I- x, k5 C0 }/ E$ Hagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their8 P( C. f. D8 T
validity.
, T+ K m3 M0 }. t5 f: F) xThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
$ [; Y# C, l2 `9 QMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
$ H H( Y) ]2 A# A9 r odealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
2 z7 \7 N6 Z/ Z: X# y( x1 Xglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
. H0 d7 e6 u$ o! \% wprevious complaints.
& h9 o- M- q8 z' W“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints# T) M9 J A3 g( o1 |" D9 Y
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota3 e% j! D1 t, h& }0 A' { J
spokesman.6 T6 b7 c, K7 z. D9 P* X+ }1 k
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to& i8 F. G" a3 g9 x3 h
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 522 X( o8 [$ k$ m d8 H9 i
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have+ `( U+ r2 {$ M. W7 P& ~4 r7 x
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
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: h# @4 E! P" |, r. Y) HReported Complaints
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( `) `' A: k$ B4 y3 }2 t* YThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the# y8 F8 F6 g. Y
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five5 g2 v8 c$ I( V" I# \/ R
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.! [/ }+ W' v6 q+ W, f2 u8 E% ^ V; E9 h$ q
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
$ j7 I( W- T8 n, G0 pat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations! Q: P2 G! \, M. j' M7 U9 J' j
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.$ c% j8 C6 s6 Q& o5 d' j
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was7 E1 d7 q' r- _/ c
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the5 d$ [ B9 k' M3 L r% F: Q4 ~7 C
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.3 Q: x8 @" A# b! v8 E
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
, \/ ?0 p- U1 Z8 A; O$ d; W, Xunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
p& S0 c4 b2 ^- V, v9 r+ U: xdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
, o& J: g" t4 B8 p4 bengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
" _: |9 c8 s8 r" g5 PThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”* y( m. c/ s4 y' H
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
% c, W/ p: s& w9 o' J6 |6 F2 W' ?ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
8 x; a) F7 j6 o8 r1 ^( ^" }% B, fYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
+ M% J$ p+ _. X9 t& [7 u" ^" a0 fbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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