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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
3 q% S' G$ S2 ]8 jMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
7 H' m3 Z" _# y- i9 tSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
& {! S& P" E# N0 E) Q3 jtheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
5 H0 Y) J7 w" ~" k. V3 [acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
# F# R: V7 W, nautomaker’s recalls.
1 R9 }, e% P |: P3 iThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
" z' {( y' N A! TTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the5 z1 g' [) l2 K4 i4 h; |! @" `, H
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
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- X ~( g- {* b( ^% DThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 20094 o$ e: ]" M6 S) e
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
: z/ W9 Y' h. c/ g, A) ldealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles6 Q# F4 v8 X) Q+ m
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of0 T. q6 W/ Y/ o1 Q7 @6 w$ \ c$ k
previous complaints.
! N. F5 }- w, _9 p$ H& p% \. I/ l“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
S! T6 _3 w; c0 |; S7 l$ minvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
: b# l+ }4 B4 O% o5 K- ]+ dspokesman.
2 h2 K( ^ n& S R {1 a4 XNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
' |0 Z' P+ B! o. _9 [5 e. runintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52' C$ Y8 {' |$ g7 q" L
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have% x& [, {4 x/ } j1 r! O5 \
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year/ S1 R" l5 q- f1 o
for unintended acceleration.
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Reported Complaints6 h' P6 ]- I% P
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the# s) \. a. ^/ U/ E4 \* d @* }
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
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The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were# _, _; M) I" i. [2 \: j) Q
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations5 U1 s; W2 V2 n6 k: I$ |1 S
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.8 G9 q1 l F, s
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
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driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.3 I; y& P! ]" t4 ?8 D) M7 U
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
( G3 {( i' W. y# `( }unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
: h! d" s' \2 S: b5 Wdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the" R% }& f; z+ j2 j
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.9 h& w6 L+ ^) d; x5 _9 u5 O
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”. Y( u0 y' b; ^
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
* U) U- `5 o3 X- g7 u, _5 Kordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New5 j9 Z8 Y, F2 ~5 S3 z$ ~, ^- B; g
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
' H7 o) O( _5 X/ m+ K0 R8 pbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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