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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk% b7 h) \1 B$ w. W6 X% l1 F
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic% X- u" ^& p- o0 b3 Z4 j' H
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
, q, n1 p! K% a' Qtheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended- V P6 m4 s/ B9 b. E1 k6 e9 Z
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
. ^0 `7 k: @1 S6 d' Pautomaker’s recalls.5 R# _ @# A) F8 l5 e
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A3 M7 I) J9 G6 Z7 ~) C* Y
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the' Q& R9 D- l2 A$ R
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their! `) d7 Z5 k4 \2 d/ Y
validity.
+ r7 H8 n% U( q% ?" nThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009# D4 i0 i# o( S1 V& f
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at! o1 N) d( J; f3 o, G& @
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles% b) x* |. j! x1 {2 b
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
$ u; J4 ?1 K2 b* b: J& @4 Mprevious complaints.
# u9 R" R( N* Z4 g2 L“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
- }* o# f: a9 R8 }) sinvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
+ m3 |+ v/ s, K+ f+ dunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
, U1 Q3 K/ ^( M( u/ Z- ?, |deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have2 V% _8 m( [& K4 {1 e
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year- j0 n8 Q" a+ F, z" C* h
for unintended acceleration.
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Reported Complaints
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; B% a/ n# Z$ R; @, PThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the, B) }0 O+ p9 U
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
4 `& R$ `' P: u9 H8 x! ~0 x+ [to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
( n3 f1 v6 Q6 Q7 z. N; qThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were. I* R" w( M0 L1 b+ e6 A- U" O9 [
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations& w9 e' ?" M) a; f6 R) Q: q
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.! [2 N% e1 s8 o. F. @' R
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
4 _. @7 P8 N* O& l, kcompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
: F" N) B6 b, n3 k4 Sdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
) _" T7 S5 n! A8 Y$ ]“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the, ?7 |+ b0 {/ ^! ~3 O) R
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s- q1 l* T5 T! `1 A7 _
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the- H) ?+ ^! l. F( C. i$ g' ]+ |1 O
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
1 N& y2 p' R' ^! p1 \8 T! N* v4 EThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
1 E% B, c# |1 G3 ] Y8 Z/ b: y7 [Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
% ]' }) c. v/ l4 ` j9 hordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
* I5 z) g! G" `6 D; fYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34: y E9 p2 a1 \" X
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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