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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk4 d6 Y* _ `! d) G: o
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
/ W7 F- t* `: d# e% h/ pSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
$ C9 H4 R+ k- \0 _1 c3 ?8 e4 p atheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
* l' F" ^4 `. h# vacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the/ x d/ D" [7 E! @' o. F* B7 E; J9 l [
automaker’s recalls.7 F3 r' j. D- \& o7 B, q
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
# @2 }7 P( D+ zTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
$ `, p6 G6 |, f. b7 Cagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their. z+ q1 I" U# i) B
validity.; _" ^# S7 `# v* F5 j g! P
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
& T$ ]3 h5 A& r5 v5 aMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
( R* k3 y* N3 X- ?% ]+ P4 d9 ddealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
. q3 m% v. `3 ?# Vglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
# \1 j. \2 m+ K3 T0 S6 iprevious complaints.
. ~1 c- O% Z7 S& s% O# V. u“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
' x# q$ h- m* s; Y3 Winvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
$ \0 g' l% U2 [spokesman.
- t; L A" E Z: U' x% uNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
" Q/ }& m6 q3 o1 iunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
$ l' i) \* N& f4 {2 Qdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have- F7 j( d' s; R: a% P. G: U, v
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
; w8 u1 K( \5 j) l: @$ f/ P! ~4 \for unintended acceleration.6 I- K7 d8 G s; m2 N1 v
5 n( o+ W- r2 w! A" g8 z+ [6 MReported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the! C- C* p# x; V2 d, G) H( A0 B
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five3 h; m9 s! ?! t
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.) c, W$ i5 v- B% a5 ~) [; J; V2 S4 ~
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were% o, N: c. L# G6 i
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
- ^. t1 {& b { l1 L7 Bincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.1 i+ {. K* F! s. k9 K8 c' j
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was/ ~3 }. @9 \/ A0 I
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
- x" x1 Z; I5 _% B0 U; W( _driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.( f2 N5 w+ c! L( ?
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the' f+ j& |" n1 D$ D, j* m* c2 N
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
) Q9 g# Q4 p$ @" mdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the& m8 w' @8 |. L" ?* _) [4 e
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.* r" o8 f O, w* W) G( t
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
0 H O" M7 g3 J7 K+ |Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
4 {3 [9 h/ i3 Bordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
1 ~! T. u& p* tYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
' F, n7 {3 ]& ?, ~ \billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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