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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk* E5 g7 R& I- t+ I6 X6 y% t0 e
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic8 e+ r$ j+ P ]
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
@$ R6 L x- r0 g/ ltheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
% R: w; s4 v4 ~3 @5 q& w/ K& Lacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
5 I% ^$ e7 o/ p3 w3 Y+ ~* y( g6 Y; _automaker’s recalls., O6 v+ X. d! Q s4 H( ^/ ~/ g1 p' B1 W
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
3 Q% I& z S/ b8 }Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
/ c" r' y) T! D8 f: vagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
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The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009' ^! J, @* q1 }/ K
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at7 j; j) ?9 e( J" H% e3 U
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
) W; M% v7 J; Y& I3 O6 aglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
" J# g' O/ O. eprevious complaints.
( `& g7 @' D' B, a+ ]! ]1 D“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints/ t {3 ~0 s# w% o
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
3 V4 K/ r- X# Y4 V: ?spokesman.2 u; n4 x% Y2 v/ V. @
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
& L; X! u x& z) B' Y2 funintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
' [, e! k) h: B: wdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have% y$ U: q; y7 C
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
% V# N" y3 c: s8 X. H) g" C0 }for unintended acceleration.% o7 ~/ w2 B0 L4 B- z) c4 l; H% ~
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Reported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the+ Y% U8 ]) k# [8 ?; C# t- k
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five/ g6 j. c j( l4 M4 T
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
% ` {1 i7 Y. s5 {3 _The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
O8 n. e% H ~# p% q& Y. M5 c- Iat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
9 A. B3 h- b) e, ^6 X' jincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.2 g! c/ c! P; ^9 n( [; E* I! i$ B5 u9 z
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was9 U) v3 k7 {, @: `1 D/ d: R* n: ~
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the3 p$ V& R. [0 _ m( w
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.6 @# k, A5 s, u( v# L3 W# a
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the* Q% V) }8 Z1 d( o1 [5 ]
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s U8 G' N; K7 d7 ?7 D- B) B* \
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the/ n* Y: Q4 K, c7 K& n, u. g/ W
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
5 Z$ b: O( k" P4 n% Z; l( d0 DThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
9 r5 {; A4 ]& UToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
2 Q$ z* i" P% }' Y7 l$ Mordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
( a' ~4 S4 O* G1 ]. a) gYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34- s: C4 G6 u) w, I! D- k
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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