 鲜花( 1)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
+ `1 y4 K: D- g9 U# G3 i+ s; xMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic/ ?, q- D6 L0 @. u
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying, V, {0 _7 z* \7 c
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended0 c4 C; D- h" \3 G8 ?. e
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the' d* n% h$ c8 F; K9 _4 @5 y
automaker’s recalls.
b$ w$ `. Q3 T3 S- AThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
3 \7 {. o( L1 Z6 t0 Z1 GTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the( z! i- S$ |5 \* W
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their7 @0 A7 ]1 _( B
validity.
- V8 y6 `4 Y# Y, wThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009* x6 `2 |7 K, {- v9 d
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
- v4 v; E! I( A4 A- q! k5 wdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
% F Q, \9 t: U7 K2 D# u2 U8 Yglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of# W! n% i8 |5 ^1 x* y; b/ A
previous complaints.
; j. y3 _6 i0 C I“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints8 u# V5 V$ j6 f
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
( n- o# Y% B, t1 s4 c6 jspokesman.1 `9 X9 P7 L) l, F
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
" c9 ?# R; \& {- r6 Junintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
7 S9 c2 N9 c! S" q6 hdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
$ X6 |" y( k+ |/ r. W6 Hbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
0 h1 U2 z5 Q+ x: n8 `1 O# \for unintended acceleration.
; k# q) D6 G- j
+ s- O3 O5 ?+ R: k, Y6 YReported Complaints) x* D) Y7 T' U+ o
% z: M6 f4 ^( v Y) S; [9 |7 W9 h
The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the/ t7 m9 Y/ S2 v2 i( w) O# W8 z
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
, z' G9 G4 r5 K0 w5 U9 ~to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
& \; L# P( g9 I B X+ n1 d1 p+ SThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were3 n/ K) N: a( C) @! J- r1 D$ x
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
! x( R, W' x$ ^. P [incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
4 S4 X6 u# f. v) W/ I$ fThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was9 I, y; o/ p4 I* P; X5 c. K
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the9 Z0 n5 T+ t& [: _3 C4 E5 ^$ e- v
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
5 W/ V2 Y0 q0 m; f/ S+ g: I5 S“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
- X7 i+ Q+ m# m. Punidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s& h! r; ?" P/ I) Q
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the) y6 p8 ^: K/ ]3 v% m8 [0 r
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
- U2 u4 Z0 T9 aThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”# O/ }6 N, w! h0 w# }1 x \
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two- S0 k) N0 m6 L0 g: E5 r2 g1 p4 n
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New" v l' W# O Z, p
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $342 ?! U0 I' o: q1 j7 P
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
|