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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
3 `0 z/ J1 I, J! K. xMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic( i# O' C1 V/ z7 W- N! w% L2 I
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying4 E0 H0 I C9 b& J' z
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended1 j* j5 J* C% f
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the0 R+ I5 P3 T) B" d# I; B
automaker’s recalls.
% s: g/ a' _! t1 I- J6 @0 i% \The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
8 a: {. K2 c" E6 GTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
: G8 f' a) E+ G' i( Fagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
& k) v+ I& {* Wvalidity.
: m# ^ Z0 T2 P# SThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
1 b* I# i7 x9 b7 C: x0 BMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
- l" `- _: i0 X3 K V4 h$ P xdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
. x2 T: ~& A: K) z; Bglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of6 k( ^8 s1 Z; S1 _% W
previous complaints.& V; h" t4 D0 @( Y$ z
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
1 Q: a' ?& U. ginvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota& D! x% \; Z+ H, [" J
spokesman.2 ]% t( ]9 ?5 l3 o% [
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
8 d9 o$ x1 F; n2 C$ nunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52$ t% [+ T$ y9 {' W2 ~7 D8 [
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
( T* j5 Z1 U! Nbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year6 R8 |- g( [0 a9 [6 E9 ]4 U# n
for unintended acceleration.
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: P o, u; _+ O: o2 {3 x tReported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the; C: X' q9 f+ v, ^% o* I
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five6 e; C7 U3 s/ R( R! B
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
& y- [+ ~4 V0 f& ?0 _ KThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were* y5 Z3 i' e$ c6 Z I8 I
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
+ u1 N; C2 m- p) Iincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.- Z9 H8 \2 x( ]9 b. O2 l/ _
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
) ^+ v) O3 H ^) R; e0 \- icompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
% c) n8 F' s$ }$ ]1 N2 S6 Hdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
u0 U8 Z2 S% |“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the, g6 {: r( f& ]! m, g) P3 y
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s, G1 k1 Z5 A8 P" a
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the! ?1 N; O5 e& O: Q$ e! ~
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
5 L; b( j/ S4 _: d9 b. i' H6 a s# yThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”1 D' ?9 x, q$ g' L
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two2 s' F4 g& J8 l$ I6 g1 |
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
$ K' _4 Q( f; n" m2 CYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $340 `& x. L) f9 ?" J0 W% t: T$ X
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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