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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
& v% U' }! P, } rMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic4 b1 t- T, i7 l
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
! i4 B2 c! Z5 ^$ @' Ktheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended5 c9 I% J+ p# f( v! {7 r. d( f. b
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
% `$ A7 u1 w' Gautomaker’s recalls.
( n4 A7 \& }2 `. GThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A& _3 b5 }9 N G$ N y5 A
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
4 Z5 Q5 y0 d3 ^0 [6 H0 V1 f( cagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their- v: J2 m# x L$ k3 B- G, y! ^
validity.
& M& x/ @/ P4 E% MThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009' q7 ]: m+ J- l' o C
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at. b; s, _! E: o4 K9 y J( @
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles+ P: g! y* ~2 H" O$ k' m
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of6 Z G& O' q! |3 ]+ ]$ e
previous complaints.
( o, ^' X$ e' H6 q" B; N“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints7 d" s @) ~; L6 \0 \. o
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota+ a1 n/ D$ M* v" P3 `
spokesman.
9 a9 s5 L0 o3 d" o- s8 ^, nNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
2 P+ i% X5 `) J. b# u) Eunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
6 \' z" \3 j7 @; `3 ~3 G, \1 V' fdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
$ c- N' \/ Q- t0 ~( h3 m% T4 \8 @been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
6 y. K% |) G( Q2 ?1 ?5 Wfor unintended acceleration.
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- K; P: e; C) KReported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
# Y+ n. k6 ?* i4 {) |# f* |car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
- K9 V+ j a: T7 gto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
5 f0 h2 ^) ]1 XThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
0 I4 p7 W8 X+ P7 a5 r7 R4 @7 rat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations& r( W# b* T$ F: N) Z6 e( I
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.* G! f' w+ A8 q: x
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
7 W2 @4 K+ r6 n1 {/ Vcompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the( t8 v) \: Q( V; c3 s0 u
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.1 I% f$ z4 N* [0 J1 L9 B
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the5 H! S: D6 Q, \7 |2 d
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s% q. p" z" F; r, E3 F4 t* T0 r
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the7 j2 C0 _5 D$ L+ o0 {
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
1 h1 I+ n5 p! E5 e3 g& F% I( o. q- wThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
$ M9 U$ P4 L5 Y0 {5 XToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two, S/ C% `& x4 f' q; c2 ?
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
& T8 D) c9 ?) o& \! cYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
6 m0 V6 E) H: l* G2 }; }% u$ Lbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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