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

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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
# D) z* z1 I% F7 mSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
2 y3 w6 E( i+ `$ w( w! j. atheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
3 x' x4 u+ N: f+ c& {1 eautomaker’s recalls.
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
& V" V( }! Q9 e% Xagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
validity.
, T6 ]. g- i4 S+ B& ~The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
5 Y5 G. G  B4 a0 KMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
: d8 t% r4 F- D8 v) j4 u& ]dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
previous complaints.
' s5 j6 M6 R& i1 z“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
( c7 s: T7 Z% G3 ^+ j0 z, H  `spokesman.
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
& m8 d, c$ g8 [0 G1 Odeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
9 ?7 W. t3 l$ w8 c- \& zfor unintended acceleration.

Reported Complaints

The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
1 H1 {. f+ M, a$ ?- o- h6 j( V4 g" Ocar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
% T. F; P/ M& i1 l  }1 H1 D" U  Aat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
, u/ }1 p" |8 N3 x' C; ^. l6 Eincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
; T* E: T/ }/ u" n& a/ n4 E0 `* N4 uThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
* \2 T: z2 s$ D  O) M2 L7 [completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
3 @3 W3 M  x( p& _) m0 j" j3 W, u“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
& c& V: U& U% y7 ~% L/ S3 _: b' Kunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
doing 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!”
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
; B* z: X5 @; f1 z3 Zordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
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。
( G4 L4 e4 m4 q5 c7 h, Q1 [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。
' d3 u6 q/ A' w/ g0 P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。
+ f, T+ C, Q$ {: a# N% D/ Mpchell 发表于 2010-3-5 23:10

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现在camry又有新recall了：

3 ~* ^& j- z. A$ c4 ?  ]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

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