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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk9 h- V$ o5 g8 X7 M
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic3 A0 h# ]% ?/ f0 j0 L
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
8 B K, J7 g! |. r2 a" \their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
- Z y; A) F2 D/ @4 A' hacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
+ Y8 |$ V+ V: U2 qautomaker’s recalls.
" N8 u2 S+ W+ R ~+ W/ Y+ `5 EThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
1 J6 c y. g) R. q% ~Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the5 [& K8 z# Q, D, S6 R" T$ C( _
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their& b: E( O! U @7 D+ q3 ~
validity. V) i: x# h: x8 V4 a6 _( U
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 20094 y) B; [8 X/ c1 U3 N2 V1 l
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
+ Y# p: K8 @; G% Z. edealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
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previous complaints.
8 @. @. e1 J$ ]. z* _“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
1 W1 t! H! f: \# l2 n. Ainvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to: u/ _; @9 f! ~* h
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52/ F S# n4 D! T6 N
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
3 t1 p4 k# r5 cbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
8 A0 k2 O/ x6 g+ A" Gfor unintended acceleration.
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" v4 j4 G) q$ l5 Q! fReported Complaints% P/ W8 h$ H' \! n
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
$ x9 I1 v( S! g- b! m3 Mcar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five/ Z- i+ B. e, P# {. `2 E% h
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.3 `1 q7 b+ c# H
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were4 E0 z: l5 r2 H; B; m0 b
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations9 K2 J! G9 e& R; w t# g& c
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier., B. o; Q# n: s) G3 b2 _ N
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was8 d4 M) I. Z" {) U( m, R5 e
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
/ t7 ^; l$ j& @4 G$ vdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.+ R0 F, s- n0 Z0 w* X$ I4 C
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
9 Q+ S9 D2 r7 l `% Qunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s+ v d6 N9 D" C% \7 L& [3 v l* L
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the" P! k$ w. k) z6 x( }$ h" ]* O
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.$ N, {$ u8 v. q4 k. z- M( K
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”2 N6 ?9 \5 ~9 q* Y' R5 v! X
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
4 w1 E5 @' H' z y( `0 ^ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
# s, V/ M) ~7 W- i5 NYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
, c3 E9 {- s! \* z9 S9 L' \billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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