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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk( F$ T" i1 ?1 I. L+ H# i
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic# I' c" \ D- ~7 y# n) `4 q
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying" z8 _5 O" |4 H* t0 j( r9 X
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
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automaker’s recalls.$ d5 r$ z+ K, D5 a ~2 W
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
& \3 C: E Q1 y. H% dTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the- v, [/ X$ y7 [1 l9 V- I( n r6 a! B
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their( r7 J1 o- w- q+ H z" p
validity.
8 Z& E5 q- n; z5 CThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
9 e3 G. y) o! `; n' z7 QMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at3 w3 q/ v$ C0 t, Q' u
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles7 U) L3 m/ t1 M% E9 D
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
6 w m3 c" Z1 M! t) X1 [6 Q3 c3 nprevious complaints.
$ O `4 X2 E R" a“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
! N7 B J0 P- Jinvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
* q1 R3 w$ t8 c4 `2 tspokesman.
! p5 z$ D( `$ l b7 G- uNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to4 { h2 x4 t2 S
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52- t) S; D' n. K4 `
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have. X* A. X. T9 v' G p0 \
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
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Reported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
; s z) p2 b1 O, J" gcar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
* j* x9 l$ t: S: h) s. s/ u" Oto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
* g5 p( G( p3 a" |1 mThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
7 f5 e* t3 D- O- Q p( Aat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations; I) d* \$ |" Y$ T- Z0 v: l7 J
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.; Y- s y. g$ ~" x& i) W7 j
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
; g+ Q: g+ r; t) e8 B- }2 C. lcompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the* K4 |- C- a: T$ j/ ~0 C# W+ |: M
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
' x$ F+ i6 c+ s+ s3 H6 O“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the# ?2 {6 k. F+ u9 A! G
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
6 t; F; w# p3 c1 h4 idoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the% U7 p, m' q; @" d$ A& e
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
& n+ Y4 l! R* `This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
. Y: q4 _( m& o* EToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two. M& U9 z2 |/ s, P7 e7 r
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New7 m) M. ~) I2 Y1 Q
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
I4 F& d: ^+ L% X2 L$ gbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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