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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
: p2 \! f/ F9 [March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic; P Y; @0 F1 ^* @
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying6 F2 U1 I# K4 H7 X9 m. k; s% V
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
: d5 C2 X8 f2 l8 lacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
9 j: v. F: T5 N- {. iautomaker’s recalls.+ }; G3 [+ e. e4 W+ }, r9 \9 i
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
. ? R3 u& \' j/ k$ J+ ATransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the1 f$ T# {6 p4 T
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
6 l" H9 x" o6 m# l. I5 rvalidity.' \+ R6 L; r5 n5 ~! A, c
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
1 h T6 @: Z! @/ NMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
$ [2 o4 }5 B8 a% W9 g. zdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
4 g5 O$ O0 P h0 l8 H; x: @globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of' t' j- g, ?2 Z8 z1 B4 Z
previous complaints., A) k) T$ L8 {! c- D# ^. _- P
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
2 S$ ]6 Z+ R7 _8 Tinvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota5 v }9 i; H& a+ {
spokesman.
) u! Q! Y& n% |* N! {) ?% h* O5 INHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
5 `1 S `$ ~9 f# v, | `unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 526 i* T0 `$ ^5 z; d$ g5 x; H
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
& S1 T1 j, Q/ Fbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year, o2 E1 R4 m9 U- u* a
for unintended acceleration.3 [1 h' Q- O$ c1 ]# c
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Reported Complaints- I; `, e1 D6 E5 p f; u6 q( C
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the3 p9 U- x# u+ `- C6 v1 @" Y
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five E$ Z6 I! y* P
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
7 c4 ?. e4 v8 c5 iThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
V5 S, y+ C8 n, u. Mat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations/ g3 t' D, y% t/ s2 z' g: L
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
) O J1 w! b P: N, g5 P- H& `# _The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was1 O; f( C* _5 t
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
! s$ d: j% x9 S1 t/ Q* xdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.9 l2 K1 t+ E& g' n# q' D
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the1 x) ^" j3 g K# ^
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s. J! i7 S( ^. B
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
1 h$ G% {3 {2 h1 \: ~% `engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
2 b8 ~) p9 C( U. i6 }! e. M) ?This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
9 A: T; e7 q- b. x9 i4 EToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
8 w# t+ _ P Fordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New2 ~; e4 H+ e: X" C2 S4 F
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
. ^! i& _4 x/ G" A. o& Q3 \billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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