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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk% J* V: A! @0 d- N
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
D. N# m# @* a- v' T z( T1 ^Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
% ?- B7 `8 Y3 \their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended# X S! f% p O$ w( Z' i& A
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
b' f5 b4 f: E u1 }+ h* J3 E5 ~automaker’s recalls.5 h) D" y2 q D! p
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A( ]+ W% y5 a; |* O! _; ~
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the. I' y6 |: D8 w9 X# `
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their0 d2 X+ p; r3 P7 y. b- f
validity.
0 ~6 g) _2 e5 V! `+ {8 d F- _The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
@( B' R7 V) ]! qMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at0 v: M C, n ~" ]$ l% l
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
% O* U' U. g% Jglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
~; B# e- F! T% h" Lprevious complaints.6 O( R, A& o' i- N) C0 g
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
; f* A! L. H) S5 U4 [/ Binvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
$ A' x0 l; b! S9 b; u' R1 f+ m2 W$ Xspokesman." f" M! w/ H% i0 N
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
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deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have/ E+ {7 D |; E+ I
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
7 F _1 ]2 Q0 X2 _/ Mfor unintended acceleration.8 ~/ W9 R5 {4 [. b& u1 ]0 {' b
2 ?2 W6 \4 f Q- \Reported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
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to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.( l; M+ y/ y( _! F% m% o3 c
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
9 C+ F* a8 }/ Jat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations+ X( L5 x( Z+ p% h7 f) q
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
1 s( f) a! U1 {: w# A: KThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
8 e& z9 d; V' ~6 \5 F& F7 S* Ncompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
5 V+ `8 }! z& Q8 T, adriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.* i& W8 M+ H) {. q# S2 [6 }
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the. Q9 `& l$ @! b8 Z" U% f
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s- |8 U/ D. ]9 W, L
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
7 q, i. H( G( ^' q* Vengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor." A, E u- e6 n% u; w
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
! ]/ O! ]( v7 y! M! V$ zToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two/ O* _+ f1 X2 O" W6 d5 ~: u
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
7 N# B( `! N1 B P) g& DYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34( T0 z+ O7 q" r* q
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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