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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
# _, ]6 l. B- K7 KMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic1 o$ O9 K: O# x' c% D) u" V
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
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acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
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The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
8 ~: ^2 P* ~" j1 kTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the# D% z+ n ~, f& w: {( F. {# m# z/ `
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
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The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009* I5 ?! J( l- P3 h* j
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
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previous complaints.2 y& h: A1 S) }/ _4 `! g; J' W
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
! a# X7 t% M* c5 cinvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
5 X$ o- ~! |) i/ x s: U$ V7 E1 @unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52+ W, o( D4 p, K* |/ u) ], G/ T
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have0 ]" R7 d* r+ K; ?6 ^3 @6 M
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
$ H9 X' |- I0 z4 a {: y# X) hfor unintended acceleration.
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0 z: H( J9 b3 o1 EReported Complaints- W* t% l/ x* m6 a# }7 \
' X% S" w% e. N0 AThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the1 t! c4 _& S& P; I
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 were8 y" [, ~* \9 Y, ~# D
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations' j6 W9 D& I+ j# B, g5 W7 P( w
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.% l5 l |+ z$ r: Q T9 s8 V
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
) M7 H2 G/ x9 C* r, i8 \. V; bcompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
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“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the& R* [& H' U4 a) U4 ?0 ?1 \5 v
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s3 ?* \) |6 u+ K9 L% W2 q* h. C3 U
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the6 V8 {0 C/ u2 _ M! w
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
4 I% }8 k* T) t- i" u1 f& kThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”; d- m J6 I1 _/ u/ N
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two# ?( @1 l, V8 \4 i o4 Q' f, p
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
) X* }' R5 ~4 Y7 ^York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34% X8 h5 B9 n; R6 C, ?( q$ m) h% x
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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