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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
2 [0 s6 B, r1 s w6 cMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic( U, @& X1 Y1 v0 U6 O
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying& j2 r- Y1 v4 [' b) V& g
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended. g/ z" r' A/ j) ^: o9 L
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the8 y* N% |# A5 m( }% ~' S% d
automaker’s recalls.
) S6 ^5 \8 r N7 ^The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
8 S0 Q8 ?% x9 k2 K0 }0 PTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the/ f: U7 U7 [+ ?9 P2 Q; k6 N% Y4 J0 h. N
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
' A2 X8 H# v7 }, P9 o# Xvalidity.
; E% G* ^- v1 ^7 a& O; D. rThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
# |+ P; T* o3 q$ o) Q" ^2 QMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at+ V' o$ y% `* s5 i/ `/ i- j" q, }
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
, _0 D! y# Y& X/ f6 V Nglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
: W+ x J% ]# y7 \+ I v1 Wprevious complaints., U# N$ o8 A$ ^% t% j
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
* G* {/ J6 Y4 V. v& w& }( |involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota7 T: V7 R4 X! j' G, Z
spokesman.
7 Q: s9 N& d# J% a, vNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
) P% z; ^: K$ f F8 r3 c$ X3 j5 Yunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
$ n, g$ v6 t: O L x, Rdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
# F/ Q3 I- X$ fbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
( h! @9 P4 ?6 Z; g5 K- ?for unintended acceleration.; [3 l' e% z8 r( g, x9 c
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Reported Complaints
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0 O- a2 F' M; c: s; bThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the/ d; ~. U6 q3 L; M8 }4 J/ e
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five+ M2 P5 S' V) \' d
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
' r* g$ h$ f' c, Y; U5 v0 L/ IThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
( t: N5 Z! R# hat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
T4 f+ ]) h' v$ M" Sincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
! d. | p" m: V' k& O6 cThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was2 f7 C$ \7 T3 V5 ]$ ?0 g
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the2 i: ^! s; m7 P2 e$ G; l+ ^
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
, x+ Q; N. o, q“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the- y/ H. Y# o7 ]2 \
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
' E6 a; ?5 \( n l' w; gdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
9 E- S+ ~$ J+ k( a0 dengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
& h! X( P9 J6 P' FThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”/ @8 @7 O9 `( I q$ g0 \* ~
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
' O4 a0 ^# i( ]1 T) U% `ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
9 F8 e! `. g4 f8 r. P* gYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34( o# O F( n) L1 @7 r3 {7 [$ s
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