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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk3 b4 T0 o6 I! X' }' H
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic% d: T) I5 D1 W! a
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
. `* X5 S! L+ }% u. T% \9 [their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended H( e+ Y$ v3 l- l7 V. P) t' f5 L- m
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
+ {6 }$ G5 N+ b2 K/ a9 fautomaker’s recalls.! e/ I3 w. ]; }: Z8 p0 s
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
( a- O+ O J& rTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the) c; p R# R1 ], b4 o2 Q
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
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% ?# n H+ W5 k* X' ]: CThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009( u% w/ \. y, ]9 I
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
9 p0 E' J0 x, J5 N1 O3 Bdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
/ `4 a# W) V9 n0 o3 Y- Gglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
* h& ~+ |9 Y6 D3 Aprevious complaints.- g0 s& t8 K' g3 B5 X9 b+ i4 K
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints) q+ k3 g v# N! W# R1 s
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota3 {8 ^2 p5 X2 z4 i# I( S- o
spokesman.
9 w3 Z$ S! b# O$ r* b) \& @+ zNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to6 v8 w+ D+ b" P' W& D0 R
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 521 I3 f: D$ \( R9 n5 @ v7 r! I$ D
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
+ y/ i, G4 B3 o; q5 ibeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
; f r& c) a" B0 n& ]for unintended acceleration.
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Reported Complaints, w9 C" L R; w7 o7 H
( }% p3 F* P/ _3 r; Q D( KThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the+ B+ |! _$ _# K- ?6 e6 P5 j/ [+ B
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five- e+ |% ]& p5 Z- Q H7 J) m4 u/ g
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.' A% q p' h1 q% z
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were. _! J4 y* K) R% E/ F
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations0 N9 V9 q# G4 [; F9 ?/ W: g7 A, w
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.& k3 l( q. P0 I, X* X
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was' X) E7 D; ^' e) k
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
1 M2 ?4 L* S* T* \1 [driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot. N" A/ u8 y4 v1 o) c+ T. M
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
8 ~! J- e* ]( @+ a. iunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
/ V5 i5 T; H: fdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
; B6 L1 Y* E" s8 mengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
0 Y: }, k2 T) _) ^This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”; P; j. Z7 z# Y. U" {
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two1 {# z# n" S& f. `. K: Z5 K
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New* i6 m; n$ I" ~4 k
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
W; o+ _& @* [8 {- \' W# S2 Y Tbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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