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
' {$ S4 h' K1 U5 x. q" ^; UMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
, K* H: B/ m  facceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
9 J8 v! M9 v$ c5 gautomaker’s recalls.
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
, Y7 X0 m' G' A! iTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
+ Y: d% A9 m4 a: q5 c( Aagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
5 G6 V) ]0 {+ O4 w, Ivalidity.
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
9 ~( H! m3 h/ v/ k4 q4 XMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
& M* a4 ^) p) R) e; ~dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
- {% q# A/ p& |globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
previous complaints.
& b3 }  W7 ?3 w, [6 k7 a; A) ^“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
spokesman.
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
for unintended acceleration.

' D8 f  h& n) S) ]4 N' Y  vReported Complaints

/ C+ P- Z0 h1 zThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
( {8 V$ ~2 V; E5 T6 P) Dto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
$ u4 r- n; J' _4 A; |* ^' aat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
3 P+ ^' k: ~7 f+ a& n1 ~1 Mincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
2 O. ^! [" H1 S  EThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
" f0 d( `7 k- T6 _3 Z" E' hcompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
, O7 W. x/ R3 k+ x) odriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
  c& r' m2 J: x3 r2 A6 Bunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
% t5 t$ t& I: s# x! i! `doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
- b4 ?1 [* M3 ~! {engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
$ O& u: n0 ^" {3 b' C5 W& R, L2 ~- oThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
. x4 T% X% H% r2 Z$ vToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
ordinary 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。
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。
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。
1 c# ~( D9 W3 o. C  s& w" Ypchell 发表于 2010-3-5 23:10

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现在camry又有新recall了：
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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

beiwei