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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk! w! f/ X/ C1 L& c M
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic3 R! R$ K4 g, \; ^) @) q, E, ?
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying6 Z Z- @% Y6 S) C
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
+ p- Q1 y9 y* A& G8 m1 Gacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the6 o! Q& X6 H( @ Z+ v( I" z
automaker’s recalls.' ~. f3 [" c( W0 g
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A' p E, Y1 U0 i% Y/ K" x
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the: L, }% {5 D8 z! s" ~' G* w
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their7 V' O D" V7 e# M- O: F
validity." s6 p/ i `/ b6 F( m
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009* O3 D1 G: K6 W' R( b
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
6 H/ Q! T' Y* D7 D0 p2 v. V2 Hdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles8 O7 n9 ?3 I7 r7 W3 Y
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
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“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
/ U z. w2 O5 E+ n8 F9 K s; m! `involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota: Z" F5 t8 Y3 Z
spokesman.
2 @ v2 d4 r6 h# |- M( o0 C6 jNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to0 _! ?4 s$ v2 g$ `& n- ]' r+ m
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52- w5 V% ~$ | A, D4 b/ k) F9 k4 z# k
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
+ {; A' Z* r! Zbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year3 J. U- D3 W! Z; K8 L
for unintended acceleration.8 Y: c8 E8 Z+ S$ _' ~6 R
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Reported Complaints* g$ i# d6 G1 \) [% l; m/ e6 W6 p
: L) s& Z# ~ r% F: p) ~( KThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
8 E" ^/ q |; @' J# Q6 ]0 @car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five S" _8 ]5 v, P5 M. Z
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
+ B6 o/ I. c+ A- d0 N, }, GThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were/ n; u4 ?- e$ C' F {1 w! L
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations+ D8 z3 a$ B+ _* P: D8 ?2 R
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.) u- d! V& Z5 G9 d D' j
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was [4 y# {) s% C* ~$ b
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
5 }* h( n7 C9 N! E' Rdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
( }8 |9 x5 v9 B7 G! X“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the2 q9 }) _% O7 G
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
9 \1 x( _) D, D* F( u) Vdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the* ?. ?* [+ o$ |8 a
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.' o3 G# z3 z8 \+ F
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
* V. N$ g4 B T& sToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two" Y+ ~) N5 b o
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New7 s r6 P0 T/ N. k- O
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $343 B7 N6 i. d, y5 a0 ~9 Z2 m- }! O- ?
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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