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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
: o8 X' q8 ?' ?7 y) ^March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic' v$ H+ Y5 S/ Y' U
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying# J1 x7 h, s% ~3 N7 t8 H4 ^
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended, t, s4 L" _5 u# w" V |
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the0 }9 L- }) \9 N$ y( s7 V
automaker’s recalls.
* ~, g' F! D) v9 \/ Q ]1 h1 GThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
" \6 ~/ \+ a6 c$ zTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the+ @. j! u2 R7 l2 S+ T L$ @
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
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The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
! x2 R# N$ N+ b! l6 c9 ZMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
+ n- v0 y1 l: S/ tdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
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“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints( A" A+ G/ B& N) b7 ~$ L% R7 B; [
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota+ r' Z$ ~, t1 U) g' o
spokesman.$ q2 n8 u2 ?' f" w# a: s' A
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to3 @5 T4 A- s4 t' M2 [1 B
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52+ u% B* K6 I" }9 `( i
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have" E4 ^# l0 u" K
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
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Reported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
1 v# y( Q0 u, n# U8 }' M" T- \' Jcar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
4 i, c# D {2 _to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
( C0 ?; f% Y# t# SThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were7 O8 x5 J. t3 J. \+ N+ }8 M5 a
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations/ s3 A8 G6 F+ }( p/ Z6 m" t" n
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
, t4 ?5 Z% M6 t$ E3 Q9 ^6 V9 jThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was8 ~( m: M4 U$ _! k7 Y
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
0 S: X6 S$ o9 wdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.# k* n* t: @/ Z( T3 j
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the% g% ^% J8 ]+ X3 M2 ?- l
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
/ o7 l: u a! d& P- P X, Odoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the' s ^8 |4 o/ w( G* @
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.9 k8 ^1 m- n5 C' W2 N5 I
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
0 X; |' Q, {& @# aToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
4 J; d4 I5 a! z/ u, K R/ s4 uordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New* z/ v! Y% c9 ~& d
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34: y8 f4 u7 T6 T5 ]; L0 h
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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