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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
& N$ j9 n" W1 W( _March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic/ M) A/ c" n* [% W p) |' |
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
& z/ g( [; }+ F! d; q ]* dtheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended+ G$ D6 | ]7 o. i9 Q8 Q( U! ~
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the; A5 O3 M* R! s! m7 h
automaker’s recalls.3 J: p. `6 x0 p0 G2 \0 s2 | @
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
* V$ ]/ K; N& s& m# p; @- [) s6 ?Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the+ o1 Z& N8 c# Y, _. o4 j; w- t
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their5 y/ v. r, l: A' X
validity.
% M( r: u7 m1 u7 U$ \0 r: \/ M+ lThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
; G" n/ _5 p2 W2 |' x `, W* wMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
! t- R+ u8 A- T4 l4 ^6 ~9 K! V7 vdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles, M2 L+ }+ x; i$ u n1 x) @( `
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of5 F& D4 V$ I8 u) M" X
previous complaints.
0 R& [, D3 C# Z0 o6 I* Q: R$ m“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
) f X: A! u# K# f4 U: g8 Sinvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota4 V0 Y+ A2 I' M# D
spokesman.
5 a# M6 f* U1 X% s! F& W' P- l, aNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
$ e6 @. a! o: Uunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
/ L; k- o" ^( j3 Ndeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have2 ~* C3 k$ E+ I/ a: w2 J! ^
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year* K F4 d/ k7 A8 o5 \: ?
for unintended acceleration.
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Reported Complaints5 ~: X' q: J/ t9 A/ t
! ^7 t+ B* X3 p( j; F( tThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the% A8 }+ n/ _! Z' E! p
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
& [7 M* j5 c; b# [ I! u! ^3 d0 Lto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.: N- ~) s: M$ m" H) {" T7 ^/ p/ W
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
$ K3 @3 D3 g2 L( P$ \3 ]at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
% k/ ?9 R0 ~' k2 ^3 R' sincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
+ z& P. q. v. k9 U7 c2 c6 PThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
5 e3 V! b, Y8 r/ pcompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the/ ~+ f+ F# d1 S( l2 \
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.! h+ @) S) P: M$ n& _& W# A' s
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the+ k A. L; u) q/ G
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
$ Q; f. ~& p* }/ N. Z( I( [" v8 kdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
. [/ w: j% }5 o' _! qengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
; P4 q" I, t7 ]( _" [& a6 I. OThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
: T; W" f+ B" M) h/ u% jToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
$ Z9 O. {4 U& w& q* w2 n9 Hordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New, }( n( `* J+ U6 k8 ^& x, ]
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $346 V" u$ \! |# L; o! g
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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