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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk: d0 i: h# X! v0 h/ X2 D
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
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their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended8 R+ a, L+ ?- K" s1 Q
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
8 O6 w; \$ o/ n, ?4 E$ y w/ [, mautomaker’s recalls.3 v4 M2 V9 d8 B' f/ K
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
3 \! w$ D- v; S- |4 xTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the/ x4 ]8 r- A2 [+ P; a6 J3 a# S, l
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
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The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009# h8 w3 ~: ` y$ X2 A8 K! X
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at& {8 ]5 v* [5 a% N! I3 F) ^7 D
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
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previous complaints.
1 |; ?7 b" F3 _% [+ ^; ?* U" \: ^“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints: E! d9 F; c& Z! h3 k5 c
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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4 H/ H4 f+ T/ I" a- yNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to6 `, A7 s) B, n/ r, I* P3 a
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 525 z3 c# }; U; x' b X( T
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have5 J# ^, R, p0 O9 G2 D# w
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
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2 X0 C. h9 c6 N+ P: n& kReported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the: s0 S; l& ^6 \/ @$ T/ @# \
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five) R' B0 G8 ~, V$ \& w
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.* U, O$ X9 F% ~2 Z
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were; |- {' R1 H% \# [ A
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
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The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
" h& I( ]8 Y$ Ucompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
7 |/ d# t% |5 l/ h3 Jdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot., b2 p2 g7 |3 X" d$ n1 W: D
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
( x, N' I0 B/ a9 \3 Eunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s* N; C. f) K7 H- v9 n
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the5 g: k6 I5 u. S/ O- }9 s2 b
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.0 ~' T8 v$ z5 p3 x0 N0 q
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”+ J; j5 o; g9 T; {
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two. Z6 c) ?" N9 D; C3 @! |
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New0 X6 o: c' X' _0 F# z; A: ]+ @. i
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
0 r; x7 J& c) u, w9 [8 j3 Dbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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