四辆召回修好后的丰田车又有了加速问题；总死亡人数可能增加到52

CASH$$$

By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
) M1 n; F( J4 N& d0 E, i3 u* e0 c# atheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
" E2 ~( A- W% X( r' g# J5 Hacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
automaker’s recalls.
2 Y& x* l+ f0 b# F2 L$ ~: q; jThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
7 l& a3 B0 O5 m& dvalidity.
1 A3 }: X& u1 jThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
9 e8 \8 N- ?/ }* x1 ?1 AMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
% w, |8 R/ \- x3 U7 u" @" a- idealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
previous complaints.
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
$ V: T' }. I% W0 p1 `2 r, R$ Qinvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
1 n" K$ `5 M. B) @  d, v9 tspokesman.
2 \7 P3 }1 {# }1 }! @0 b  RNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
) d- R- c; o9 ?" Tfor unintended acceleration.
/ J' }  C' ^0 P0 |
3 W6 Y8 V; K$ d" A+ `' A5 M$ Q6 J) wReported Complaints

" X2 F7 n9 Q% sThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
# W1 F+ V9 P$ \) Icar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
1 z8 c' _0 ~2 y4 oto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
% |1 T' v+ I$ {% {' Y7 eThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
1 F( C, ?9 d/ ~) H8 ], |incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
9 k: B$ f0 t' G' ]( F( ^The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
" i6 S5 j3 V( F, M2 x5 U& rdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
9 _5 ?0 j8 b! S. y, Mdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
, p4 s, k) r* PToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
+ r" c) D+ Z, B( Sordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
& M5 N5 k- t# {billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21.

newlife

Toyota is going to die.

urspace

可惜始终有中国人还是执迷不悟，可悲。

pchell

真的假的？那位大牛出来证实一下。
这下好了，国内不过是“下坡不超凯美瑞，上坡不跟汉兰德”，也就两款车。到了加拿大，只要见到丰田/lexus的轿车就得让道，太牛了。

shark27

真的假的？那位大牛出来证实一下。
这下好了，国内不过是“下坡不超凯美瑞，上坡不跟汉兰德”，也就两款车。到了加拿大，只要见到丰田/lexus的轿车就得让道，太牛了。
  h3 b, D) U2 Z  ^pchell 发表于 2010-3-5 23:10

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现在camry又有新recall了：

在踏板后面加个小铁片已经是昨日黄花了，现在是要把踏板锯掉一截

beiwei