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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
$ b7 `% u; }. R2 j, bMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
+ P4 E8 I( b9 A4 W/ ZSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying; B( r! n' X8 I" n9 Q* \" Z9 g
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
, e6 C) W- M5 \3 W( N+ E# B2 gacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
* q, c6 }: c( S( \$ Dautomaker’s recalls.
+ a8 }+ x7 t# q7 K$ D" ]2 |The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
4 h6 u: Z- x+ HTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the: P5 m5 t0 y: u" |% U/ _
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
" C7 M: P0 `0 R) {# Gvalidity.
0 }* s; A+ P/ n) aThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009 o0 y/ G# h! v: _
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
- H" i1 A( q. q& gdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
0 H% u$ d, ~$ m$ G7 m$ Q: r+ gglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of: \/ H' l2 `! H) H
previous complaints.$ B/ y( { c% H- h9 m( Z
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints& w+ b; G6 B; ] A+ a
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
2 @# m7 L- O8 ~3 A x; ~6 T. vspokesman.
2 W9 B6 v2 S& F3 q4 L0 o6 F: ENHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
9 E6 M. _' F" R0 ?/ i- hunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52# K$ R T7 h1 z$ V0 Q7 ~; `
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
9 ^+ k& M% b- v" n0 H5 lbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year9 B) h/ F) g4 X8 Z
for unintended acceleration.
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- h' y5 S0 e% D+ SReported Complaints7 ?. @4 x& Y/ R3 B. k% c5 N
2 ~) l2 S$ G5 h* m, b! L5 Y6 oThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the1 k/ R2 T- S! o$ x8 P* u- |! Z
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five: ?4 g, e- U4 z" Z
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.) y- G* f0 T Y( K" M
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were6 J6 C' o8 ?& s- t3 f: R
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations* r% H0 W) P) a, E4 B5 P
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.0 `# O6 ~; F Y& G8 ~6 X7 q9 p
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was; w4 l! |. F( i2 h; g6 U
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
, X" X* A$ \3 \) I- M: ?% ddriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
7 x5 n$ I. m1 z5 x" U! s“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the+ a! v: L" m/ L1 ?$ G* Q
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
7 a1 U9 L _; ~* Kdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the& k3 o5 d* N3 H3 a/ N
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor. y$ \! h, D' N
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
/ M6 s6 c- C% a' {Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
/ z8 l! e9 K4 s) Nordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
' V9 r+ A6 i+ ]4 a' C4 j; r8 d( Q; gYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $342 h* f/ k9 l) r$ ^$ A, c1 h- E
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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