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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
1 @" P1 ]0 i! f, \5 J9 }, {March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
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their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended" F+ x; `' a5 ^3 ^) w
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
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The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A* s3 q. O( g; f0 M, h0 x6 o) H$ ~
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the5 @4 D: \: ?5 |- e9 Q0 q
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
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The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
7 ]' ?2 g$ b! U9 HMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at' H3 `5 {1 w0 {. I, f* S" Y; v
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles6 S+ @" u; @% l* Z$ U N+ |4 ~
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of5 C( [9 d& R, a0 b+ e
previous complaints.
, d4 q. n6 R7 C p' d; r“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints! u! b0 {2 ]' d* c4 m9 r8 F) B- w3 l
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota' ?$ l |! Z1 f* S- e$ z3 A8 B& Q
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NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
4 k# _- m( w6 A' j, Ounintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52& ?- ] @5 L! U. \
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
/ F( `9 K, z6 g$ e: f8 ~been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year0 X2 J# T, ?. b
for unintended acceleration.% l9 E, H( r7 C# V( Q! w$ E/ F
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Reported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
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to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
* d$ m1 |6 k5 P' b, C5 E; s* JThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were0 U8 ^3 h9 v9 x- q Z+ u# }+ M5 C
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations+ n9 |" S9 u/ j0 P5 i+ F4 V: @+ M# P
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.; H0 y/ z* ^, D7 I# j( l. t
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
- n9 h W1 ?4 K. e" j6 w* k& Lcompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
* ]9 [ q/ i G+ C" Hdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
: r P( c8 N1 o; U“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
$ M; N5 j, \- l: b- j* p& e- J, I8 Munidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
& ^! z. b8 I4 u5 H# Odoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the4 v7 W7 g2 a& q+ N8 a( o, a7 n
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor." Q2 y( Q+ j& h' u0 D
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
/ C$ Y. f/ L& E- f( t Y# YToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two% ?" J$ J9 L# w _7 O! K4 M
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
) v2 B& ?+ \, t! d" [8 \York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
& O$ Q- d& }5 v1 P4 a- }; Ibillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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