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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
c: e* X. e7 p2 s1 ~7 XMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic) d5 g& b" M" R8 i; W% i
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying5 w# q. v9 o- D) {3 `
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended: j+ @0 a, t- Y6 \& ?
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the9 v' `2 I1 c7 n6 {7 o" `, \+ r
automaker’s recalls.- K, g1 t0 p8 @/ r! s
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
4 y/ {% e9 W/ Y, R* i# ^& }7 D; i8 GTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the, ^5 n+ \6 E2 g; i
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their7 F N7 @5 {; S2 i7 B
validity.
5 e8 X# ~; G. m( B/ z1 i4 [- F- JThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
8 G) n+ h' W, d' `4 [- aMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
& ^- b: u( b# [4 Ydealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
0 O4 b% `# z+ n9 i$ [5 i+ y8 jglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
( I. M# F8 m# Gprevious complaints.5 [) G/ |. j! Y8 E. c. C5 d: q
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
; Q, V( D+ N2 T3 [involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota( r; c! a0 |/ ]8 F9 ~# z8 o
spokesman.
. L. S9 P+ s3 U3 \( \- G# W% \NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
9 k, {3 `" ~9 c: k( iunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52& R" U( b' a# _0 m
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have3 a8 H1 T- E- p D6 b( _& Y
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year/ G4 R% n* B" q1 E) J2 J, f/ ^; N" t' y
for unintended acceleration.* P8 n, a# P- j2 o# U
, n. @- n1 j9 l0 Q/ h- \Reported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the. x, \- @1 C3 n3 H9 G. {+ J
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
' u9 R5 y/ }: H7 X' D& e! {to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
. e: {: x8 q+ d: M* j1 j8 W; d% g* @The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
3 G: |% p5 |/ b' wat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations# D8 l, b& y, u7 r% }7 H& p8 C6 b
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
, F. Q' M8 ?( [% M1 ~# [The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was) E, g* i" R i" q& g0 X# w, `
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
! J. W) U9 j) p9 ?: e+ n% rdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.3 s; ^7 u9 b! j+ c4 ]* `
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the( T: p9 h* N! ~( X
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s& j# L' x8 D( o; c ~/ Q! g9 q
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
% t/ k% } h, l3 Gengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor." d. Y$ c j& S% l
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
8 [9 x2 n* n' {! a/ w5 UToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two9 `& d2 t0 N( |0 J1 {
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
: j$ N6 F; X& \! u8 KYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
$ H3 J2 q; d" ^& ^1 fbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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