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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
$ {7 V( ~1 ~1 k, D0 L8 gMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
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their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended, X7 M- X" D/ F- V' k
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the) F& x. ?8 ]' B+ n/ i v: z' z
automaker’s recalls.* ~4 X o4 f2 b4 o! _4 N
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
4 ~7 \( k: x3 B$ |6 y$ ^Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the/ A/ C1 }; i. `' n j: j( u) i0 R
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their; s5 [8 C3 T) G: i
validity. s! W& V( p' h1 }: U$ M
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009& V( E/ m: Z- K
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
, ^/ ^9 U+ Q+ N# B" tdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
) ~( h. Z+ V' o2 V, {" U' Pglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of! L- X4 t# v4 l+ C) E; o9 W0 G s
previous complaints.: n! R% X* j% }9 N& {
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
/ V8 G. P% ?( a: u- Hinvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
* ~* A7 W3 G' uspokesman.
- h" _1 h( X1 i) ]NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
) E+ Z( P; Q* O) N" e/ nunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52% `$ b& z5 h+ o) M
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
3 K r4 d4 {( s4 dbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
& \5 g! b$ P% ~for unintended acceleration.
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Reported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
! h- ?6 F w ]$ N1 j2 zcar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five7 U1 I3 I3 P6 d4 |3 N e0 m
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.% Q* u& V1 x6 t* E+ c
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were. d% K, i2 l/ d5 C/ {9 _3 {
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations2 }4 q3 C O Z' G3 y3 T
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
8 K2 M% ~4 D3 N3 j! U1 cThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was5 P* r7 o7 C* Z! U
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
) `$ r l. @$ A" C5 ~1 K5 kdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
/ l4 U9 v- W2 ]# h“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the1 l0 L' f% S6 n. k# I i. ]
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s4 p. k [, L7 c8 R
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the- ]) n* ]. G" p& V
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
' `* O- }9 J, o( R) g1 bThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
" X8 S# `* R2 r) ^5 }, X pToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two1 C" u% U& L2 t1 p
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
0 g' [8 Z) \, b" QYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34: X# k" R Y: G- a4 z- |9 P& O- g! k
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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