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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk7 l# }" `6 u& _& i% `6 v$ a% @# n
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
1 g4 H0 c( V$ K6 O. Q JSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
* v% w3 A3 F4 P, c3 r' w4 Ftheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended/ Z5 @5 `4 F0 U7 z; x: N2 u+ c
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
2 \6 O& i4 h1 J/ uautomaker’s recalls.
' X r: m% d6 U O6 W& B3 A# ^0 NThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
8 P1 w" `+ T9 F1 D4 yTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the+ S5 B4 }' c* L% b1 H7 I- O
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their; o5 `1 s V/ x/ z' J
validity., [7 W, J$ W; w
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009: f6 M N' p7 N' e$ j8 M, @- x
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
1 J4 a) a4 j0 O7 x; H# y' Vdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
7 [6 g8 L* [9 s7 a* A* Kglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
s; y7 J# ], [6 U* s! Kprevious complaints.
5 J. X3 R' W7 ~* V“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
2 U8 L5 o" B* M( @% R5 E, s$ Rinvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota2 P& E9 ~' I" n3 Z! s
spokesman.
% C# ^+ X7 d+ f9 v, |NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
0 {3 A; _5 E9 }8 C/ i- punintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 524 h9 I2 s, I7 `7 _, g
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have9 t9 k4 Z, @0 B, Q% y0 F/ U
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
, b5 {. z; h6 M% ufor unintended acceleration., A T1 @2 Q4 S+ H8 {2 s0 }0 ?
5 c8 o5 o2 k& U7 q$ ?* T, L" {Reported Complaints" Q; Z6 q8 Z; ?1 b6 P$ z
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the& w. D1 g' k3 o! i& d
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
( V5 t2 m: e: d+ Y6 a' D( P7 Kto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17. @+ T) K6 X& H" h$ k( G
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were( P3 I; K. l+ o8 U: X7 n7 h- g# H
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations7 D- T& U" ]1 l# ?
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
' }* r* `( `( \% k. cThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
. b, n5 ~ w) I9 t5 g, ocompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
# ^) n. `/ p7 s' ldriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
* v% g/ v* M9 W“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the/ m r; }" i1 O0 V) Q, r- ^: U
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s2 I2 e" T9 ^+ B7 I5 V7 e5 ^- A
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
q/ X8 N; g# m1 ~* Aengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.0 Z$ k$ d7 c2 G; M. s' l+ @
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
: e/ ], A7 K5 h& p" X1 U1 n- K1 gToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
+ Z0 |7 c" {$ U* y; U' @7 aordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
& \/ }% `- T( V( rYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34 }* F3 @ O" i) u& K" ~2 Q& J; T4 b4 G/ x
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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