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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
" K0 t) ^0 a ]! @2 j3 J) gMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic* }$ ?0 @, t9 o# r$ \' V$ g
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying+ T }( J) q% ^' [% @9 Q8 L! s
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
4 _4 O5 Z; K0 T; d" y1 ]9 f& gacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the; t. ^" } B) Q( H7 O& G+ b' D# F
automaker’s recalls.+ G6 T3 t1 w) J
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
8 w0 a- C8 |/ `' PTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
- S) l& B/ @; o+ ]' \' dagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
6 e0 r7 ?% ?7 K2 zvalidity.5 w- @. x- u% h" k0 G. f" W! d& p8 m
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
9 X, d$ ~: l0 g+ ~Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
* M5 t3 q9 Y# Y; Mdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles7 J6 p! k6 p/ ~- |' X. c( d; I
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
2 j$ B7 w( G7 Oprevious complaints.
8 b& U- j) [- C P9 R- N2 x! |“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints0 r- }& I: z% A0 O" |$ @0 a
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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5 W( H7 w/ r4 s& V o& [9 p3 YNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to- f# T6 m9 d' j) Z5 ?! |
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52% N) s9 Z3 ?! ^# x; S, n
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
1 f! O8 e7 m9 ]( C, j' P- D- Ibeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
, D+ i& G& U' W- g( w* Wfor unintended acceleration.
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' J: d7 h9 U: EReported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
" P$ S/ l( `0 M5 g6 b! hcar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
( a1 f* v3 K; `9 Wto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.0 b! c5 h1 v, {& [
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were8 [* t, P6 d1 H* `* e# `! T' e
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations% w" j. N" o$ f7 y
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier. Z. \, U5 V2 @. `. |" h
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
. e! O m. H" g- }) X7 P7 icompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
5 R7 L' Z& |+ R8 zdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.( w3 n5 d0 ?* y
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the' |$ N( V# ?9 U: J3 J
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s7 _4 s9 N; C" @6 ~4 F, ~: x8 e
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the+ d9 U* N. V. W3 s8 K8 V' o
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
# Y. T8 x# ?' x; @, }6 P' S/ e3 n: g8 eThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”/ ]/ `$ @. r; B% C. d
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two2 f4 v% V3 y+ |' e
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
/ c% C7 b" a" i5 QYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $346 p/ ]) }/ {! F' a. Q
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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