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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk' _# L, k/ [) d% E
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic9 o+ P1 n" b" v! x0 J" k
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
: z. |* `" ?7 _7 Z9 {$ Mtheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
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The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
8 K6 R5 P9 ^1 {: ^. U9 x# HTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the2 m6 P2 [6 a' L& w6 Y, u
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
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2 n. Z; O# V& F) M! fThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 20093 }5 Y% N. @* ?( _* G- J
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
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previous complaints.! L% p4 {5 M* M' w
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints; K; n9 [$ M5 z: [, O
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
2 b5 d: Q5 h# y& Z5 ~( Eunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
1 H. L# u( s- z0 W- m) N* ddeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
, C0 p4 c `% Y5 a! @been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
9 E$ u# j) |7 H4 E \! `for unintended acceleration.
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/ Q' V1 {' i- N+ s7 g7 wReported Complaints7 Q: I& i7 v3 {6 c+ G; A! |" ~
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the8 [8 m+ z- l0 P6 i5 L1 J
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five s, L8 Q/ ~4 c1 Y1 w
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17., V6 A, k7 i7 ~" r0 @/ O* {
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
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, c% Q& K2 B1 I, `+ \: yincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
) z$ f, B! b% O6 M- oThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was B8 }- k$ E- g0 v/ R" y" O* ]) u
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the6 H- ]( ^/ j5 h! N2 K9 b6 v
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
; h3 f+ |% X' x. k( \* h“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the! [; L0 s; i5 n5 Y" m
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
4 ]& M& y9 i% U& P: x) A( h# ?5 fdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the7 p0 o/ x. r7 i1 Q9 U1 c
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
# }- n8 i1 l& D7 \" YThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
7 q: E1 j t+ o5 {6 F% MToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two* A# H! m! `$ M0 o
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
; q, ?: A) d/ m Z `, w- j! DYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
$ O ?( x4 u3 X- s; q. d, \$ ^billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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