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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
0 D3 Z' n9 H" O1 GMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
+ _% v& Z4 s" QSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
/ g& L2 i- Y4 r7 E6 mtheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended7 b6 S) I$ h. a/ h& P' C
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the1 k5 |( v+ e! C; g* _
automaker’s recalls.5 [: F- J4 p [5 v7 Y1 X
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
- S3 T9 L5 H$ S3 E, ^! G5 a; p7 UTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
. @1 l4 ]( V$ F" Uagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
1 x9 Q5 L5 k9 Y2 z6 a/ M4 Xvalidity.7 k8 Z2 B2 s" y7 G, l6 V
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009) ~# }! _& @3 U& }: Z* m* c" L
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
/ V; k3 U. B% B! ]& _/ Pdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
& u# S: r$ A" S8 b- S) Q& Tglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of# y, h* G! a w% p3 Y
previous complaints.
8 h! o& n/ S- z( G2 R“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints# o7 U6 H/ q5 w- d/ q* ]: `
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
# Q _( |) v; ^# g, Mspokesman.
b: w n$ a' Y3 p& LNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
2 `3 Q% D7 i: r9 I( \9 y- zunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52: ^6 R% D3 Z9 z
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
. r+ H' K4 z- w: S$ `% Bbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
6 n* c3 V+ B+ V0 N% Pfor unintended acceleration.
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% Z2 A% v* x3 ]8 d: \) qReported Complaints' C. R- w' g; O1 |5 k: Z
; ]+ d' v6 K) ?# J8 K1 J; |The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
! n* C- H* l( e, j# j1 ncar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five# l+ v) U2 T4 k% o
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
x1 ]: m( z6 H: }+ sThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
0 X" g6 T# j& n( j$ I2 Q% Q+ h. Lat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations+ ]0 ]% `& p3 m( Q
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.9 M: I* E- _0 _( s/ j; {0 ]3 ~8 v" x
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was; [& `2 N& g/ `: ~- ?
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the3 G" u% P, ` a/ Y) h* A
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.3 [4 h) P# S8 m4 S" ]( \: a
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
: V( ~: c* F0 w" j5 Ounidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s4 i2 b9 n* u; j1 y, q( P
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the9 }# y2 D2 Y* B0 \! a
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
?: Y& j2 M U/ N0 E7 }# \This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”* D; L* j! c+ ~1 l+ j
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
/ f+ L% d/ m2 W! h# @ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
2 C* l; b& X0 K8 m/ P3 ?6 l1 ?York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34+ l8 G! n/ ?' X8 O
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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