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

CASH$$$

By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
0 r8 d/ Q5 x; r) @Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
- X+ l: l; w7 p0 l) U. ~acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
automaker’s recalls.
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
+ @* ?* _6 F1 f- ^- [# rTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
- a9 u( T8 Q4 h+ pvalidity.
& T4 q; v! l1 R. {% A# n8 f3 C: PThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
9 R2 u0 ^/ s9 s+ @, c* x4 _3 qglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
previous complaints.
* D9 B% ?5 H4 g7 O+ r" K“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
8 C* V- l9 [5 A5 e0 \: bspokesman.
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
8 g0 r/ g/ b" |. z' ^  W, E4 g5 f. iunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
- E0 z* p, P( Z3 F: i% }deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
! [* x  V( D4 h+ L) p2 i- b% _for unintended acceleration.

# O9 m. c- K5 h% \" vReported Complaints

, g/ Z1 Z' o0 s9 I/ ?0 P' o$ z2 a6 qThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
' [! Y- P  B0 n, M: D- Pto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
! p6 F" s# |+ l; k- XThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
+ h2 |+ J+ `! J5 U  @0 bat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
3 n7 I) V* y0 N4 `7 ~" s# Ocompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
+ x9 H" K- w6 H8 i2 ?9 n$ b1 z% X  ~driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
5 J% C7 @$ H" N' M4 runidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
- Z+ u7 Y% v+ ^. rengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
( j: A# i; h% jThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
/ V+ o0 }5 b) y; Yordinary 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。
pchell 发表于 2010-3-5 23:10

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" I: O7 Y3 `+ U) X' p, M现在camry又有新recall了：

1 B  V. U6 J$ c6 Y% K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

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