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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk9 y. J! P& X0 b% i! s7 p7 W3 h
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic7 E% |+ ~1 g6 t
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
+ I3 X; O5 ^4 jtheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended! ~- h- Y" y6 p- z4 h
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the& S, ^: `* M2 y$ [1 `
automaker’s recalls.7 ^6 e; F T: j5 z. c5 G" P
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
, t1 Q" i9 t6 Z8 U0 g" lTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
4 K8 i' e' [8 B- Z8 R2 z6 A3 }9 v( r0 magency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
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The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009- q( U8 r0 S% ~ m% C3 s( F, a
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
, D' q4 Q( y, X* c- v8 ^" ?/ d, Zdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
k6 O* k; H- T8 j0 Z! `globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
7 b1 P" G% D: w- t6 |: Vprevious complaints.
4 J& p, @2 V& G' r2 g“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
3 D- Q( |( Y0 Y1 w# N, Y! ~involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota# w- ~/ N- X" L. A2 ~8 x
spokesman., k$ n- v* F3 |
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
% I5 U0 W- o( Z: ? ?9 _5 S+ ounintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
8 C7 y# ~- {( R' Ideaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
: e Z# Z, L" x) a9 c% dbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year8 q$ t; n [5 t
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
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to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.2 z# G; u% r& G5 H% z
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were0 `2 S( ~- R3 w; l
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations3 ], L/ y$ x$ ]" K' n9 t
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.* C' A4 N* k& o& w% ?
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was' g* ^; q; X5 X4 `; p7 G5 H
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the" _2 x; r2 b) `. Z0 h6 I
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.8 ]$ G ]: U5 v: x3 W' ?
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
, i4 x+ [& i9 T* H1 v9 nunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
' s$ H7 k3 I8 J4 X) E. \doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the' [8 O1 i+ k* u) {& q
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
$ s$ R. q, g3 V( v0 g SThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”% l, ?1 a2 r [0 L S! ]
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
' n5 m5 R/ n5 B' s' `/ iordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New% G. h' Q. m7 S% \! t1 l
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
5 P0 ]/ k/ d( p1 t0 X. U' Wbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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