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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk, G/ s8 {. i$ M/ M* Y
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic$ ~7 [% q8 n) r5 s, v' O
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
9 b1 v- O2 y0 {) r: `$ V' Qtheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
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automaker’s recalls.5 \4 B; l X% J! O
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
) l5 g: Y: j( W3 yTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the; L! H: _+ t+ O
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their" E5 t# B% y( v+ r& I: b: W! g
validity.- K/ Z1 m+ o/ b" \- n5 E
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
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dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
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“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints5 L+ @7 o: g ?: z! Q% P3 J, x
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
" l+ ~4 v( G- y1 g sunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
2 A a) @3 H4 U2 B0 |deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
. \; S1 i& d% R" O) sbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
$ m6 b8 n* U9 U+ h1 ffor unintended acceleration.
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Reported Complaints! e3 _* N l/ u- u0 `9 Z
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the- I+ M, ?: s9 `0 d, z
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
( \( I; f: s2 pto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.0 v! k' O) `) i5 N0 I6 z3 q2 |
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
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incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.; G* t! C, R, X
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
: x# \# ]) W; d- ccompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the: ~: e6 K4 C3 Z$ |7 C" ?
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
' U3 {, U7 ]& U6 {% z; Z- T4 F# k% K. S“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the$ `* }1 ?/ r* y* b4 P5 I5 h7 x
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s+ H0 @% y' a! ~; i
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
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* o! \6 P# P! z( s4 O6 f1 k6 \This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”1 M7 z, ~: C- ~! v2 P L5 V* z
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two( ~5 V0 Z3 _& F; L) D
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
2 A) o: c3 q! ~' N) m9 YYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
{6 l4 Q/ p# O* V$ n( V6 kbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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