四辆召回修好后的丰田车又有了加速问题；总死亡人数可能增加到52

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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
( Y2 d! X. Y. _0 zMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
; U% E  f, O* j8 {. t! rSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
4 [: G) S- u6 p: R7 ^( V* Ltheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
' B6 A( \1 ^$ wacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
automaker’s recalls.
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
1 e7 ]4 F+ c7 p  P) _agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
validity.
' F0 g2 C4 {" {" W2 ?The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
3 s; _+ B. T# }! T" M& ^" edealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
2 P1 `, n& ~! I  Q/ {+ jglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
. H% I1 T/ ]; `5 O# _& i: Q7 iprevious complaints.
1 w3 b1 r7 u6 r+ }: p+ c“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
% _  X5 ^0 F. ]% f! ?( ?involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
* o! E  K/ n- W5 h. S- d/ x5 z- @spokesman.
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
7 q( H" W) c8 d1 e9 s% Tunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
8 Y: n3 N! w4 L, ^for unintended acceleration.

Reported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
* C. S- Q+ z. {4 g9 M) r& m3 N; j, Nto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
8 c. j7 J9 s# t0 h; rat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
  ?7 @7 j1 ~4 y1 Z6 R) Iincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
3 R" B" T9 U9 e3 Q- t1 H# ?The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
% k& _4 X) }# G6 lcompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
1 h* i1 Y3 M" n9 A. p% Bunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
' u& i8 O) s# H% V$ W* @engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
. w% w5 `  d9 R- A, _7 o) f* bordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
4 j: [- a; \4 vbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21.

newlife

Toyota is going to die.

urspace

可惜始终有中国人还是执迷不悟，可悲。

pchell

真的假的？那位大牛出来证实一下。
这下好了，国内不过是“下坡不超凯美瑞，上坡不跟汉兰德”，也就两款车。到了加拿大，只要见到丰田/lexus的轿车就得让道，太牛了。

shark27

真的假的？那位大牛出来证实一下。
这下好了，国内不过是“下坡不超凯美瑞，上坡不跟汉兰德”，也就两款车。到了加拿大，只要见到丰田/lexus的轿车就得让道，太牛了。
pchell 发表于 2010-3-5 23:10

( S% j( Z' Y# V4 k现在camry又有新recall了：
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在踏板后面加个小铁片已经是昨日黄花了，现在是要把踏板锯掉一截

beiwei