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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
. i: c0 r p- {' t4 s' @March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
4 ]. A: v+ V$ D8 i9 Z! Z! QSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying2 [' G1 m8 W1 M9 s" Z; I! S% ]4 ^ }1 X
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
3 w% g2 A5 ^- E/ I! d _% u8 S5 uacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
A; R: k5 n5 D0 a# a1 Oautomaker’s recalls.
9 O: p& E! _( d7 [The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
8 f) {. f/ q, s5 D6 C3 w8 aTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the& A9 h+ x4 A: u0 h9 K7 ]4 }
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
! i9 V, j# G( K+ |% E* U6 ivalidity.
( _. R, z, a) S9 C; y& R k- v* z; mThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
! S$ Y% U' \% A9 {' YMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
, j- x8 X% p6 c# x9 ]' Wdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
- M c, v: G( G' n) k+ wglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
. a* I9 k& R3 Jprevious complaints.
9 C! y) p. a: c% x1 Z, Z“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
6 a% R% u M. ?# X4 P' ?involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
) X W. |1 b( u6 ~7 z o# Uspokesman.8 ~4 F- J: v3 v7 G+ j" f
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to( S h3 M! l( \. G- J9 \; ^) h
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 529 A5 ^: a; T/ i V, p/ n
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
3 o& t& d9 k% h! w$ ~! \3 rbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
) _# ` t3 _& r0 c7 q/ ~) Rfor unintended acceleration." O5 ^6 B( C9 P4 y
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Reported Complaints/ ~! Y: J$ q+ V( d2 b( }
# K8 x- C! @1 P+ DThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the/ c" e8 G% K6 i, P% ]8 T: n. m- h
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
U* ]$ \0 @) w& h/ V% p4 ~ v5 Zto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
- i/ b9 o# ^& K n; f" YThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were. ]3 Y% P. l' k; M% j5 U
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
3 {& T& c/ o6 f6 @& N% aincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.9 C0 B/ }. A0 q6 W8 n, q
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was6 X& M& R' P, ~7 |+ W; w8 m1 i- i7 C
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
f. H: Z" A J, j+ H/ ?* Zdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
) q: e: j% t8 F) h! N0 m& R2 ^- Y“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the6 n1 J+ n7 F' _/ s# U ?6 h$ Y$ x
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
" z; z- Y% ` J: x! I, ?+ Ydoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the9 u: f1 _# J/ ]$ m0 }
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
6 y# r8 F O/ xThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”- x# x+ D% M9 k0 R$ g- }6 V
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
' Q/ Q0 J- B# d! Eordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New" j9 F( R1 O" m7 W( _5 F9 c) |
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
9 |% y2 W; V3 x8 d$ {' @billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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