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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
- U5 Z/ d# a+ B+ g- [& }' U) cMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
5 Z, i0 M2 }# USafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
& h2 {- \* X8 W0 z0 ]) K3 D# etheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
0 f% i4 h/ \7 I* b4 aacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the( ]5 O, E" |/ I# e9 ?# f' h0 F
automaker’s recalls.
& }, d3 j* Y3 @" GThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
2 }) R5 K* x* q7 M3 Q1 T7 B% \- ETransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
4 t9 e' k+ j2 @1 P' H4 nagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their" a7 T/ O8 l9 O2 L2 T
validity.
5 Y/ z1 J2 q3 x! fThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009+ w, p4 Q# W- B
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at' j. ^; b2 I* u/ {) m' W; A9 T
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles1 b1 L: p" g5 u; q+ n$ e
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of2 y( D# }. |% n: T, v$ q. G
previous complaints.. ]0 z7 q* Z* B5 Y3 p) Z& }
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints) ]0 @2 ?7 k( K- X1 |
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
, L0 }9 ]) W) X6 l c& sspokesman.
. P' S, j% P3 E/ J; K. B5 PNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
8 X2 i8 x F: cunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 527 u* R0 Y3 c, b) J6 W
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
. t' N& D9 V- b3 x# @3 Y! K! I- ^been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
@& c" [1 @+ \: E2 `7 Q9 G7 Ffor unintended acceleration.
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" Q( S- P, e9 @' I+ MReported Complaints' e; d; u5 J7 O3 N5 [+ M
7 T5 B, e9 ^& e4 N( xThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the% r P/ V# O! \, ]
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five: F/ I2 z% E' U# @; p
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17. e) E$ m! E7 V9 X
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were) L2 T5 E: i. M$ q/ J1 a
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
/ _3 d- v- C* _' tincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.! R. N. {* Y- Z% [9 R
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was. g+ O9 [( J3 a- A
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
" |' b& V3 R2 H7 ~7 d; Edriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.- ~9 C3 k- K* e2 c2 b" [3 z
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
1 D& G; s/ p& M2 e9 r" J1 H: junidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s) M4 a# ^" P3 N; k. I$ I
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
! E* t( n1 r; B$ r3 vengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
4 o1 k- y/ F/ B. T- O; v1 QThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”8 D# R, L. s& ?: ?
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
4 v `# i& d2 K. S* O( C$ Kordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
6 W6 N9 B( q& l: d+ [- NYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
+ ]6 K% d5 p. O; ~9 |billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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