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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
: i) E& K4 l" g# D b5 UMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic3 R6 K, ? A! g
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
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acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
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& n$ B. ^/ N8 Y* y4 D: w: t. i( LThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
% A6 {4 V- B7 c) V: sTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
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The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
8 ?0 p e O! y& Q8 I6 A' Z; pMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
" M9 o8 A. O/ }5 k" idealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles) [: ~2 |6 A: @
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
3 f' P: j5 B* I* }9 oprevious complaints.# K1 q+ }) D* \3 R' f; T5 `; [
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
$ @, m" ]& T: I" d W9 t0 Y) o% Zinvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
) j3 R3 Q6 ^" S$ Cunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52) Z) _2 L2 [. [) W- z
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have8 m2 d& \. }; N, s1 w
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year* {7 n4 N! e* c; H% J1 o: I
for unintended acceleration.
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! n# o" k! M; W& ~" I' ^# F* jReported Complaints. T! B. @9 ]0 s Y+ w3 F R- p% c
* q( ~8 u. U9 c. |# nThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
+ L7 I1 f# r: `- h+ Vcar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
2 |2 `. w2 _" z& Y! J0 X) r$ qto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.7 s, z+ k0 z' f7 [
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were X1 X2 @% C4 I( d
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations& O; Z3 N u; l
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
7 `# G; G9 A) O+ nThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was9 }$ h$ P* X; `' X% S) F) a
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
) [$ W* a! H& e. U7 hdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
5 k* R9 q) c. v3 h3 k4 ~5 c“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the+ s2 j- z U/ a5 Q' j+ |/ f
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s0 X/ Z7 s. X2 A) W R& `! k
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the, _, R; j' X' s$ v* i
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.8 `& u4 h& ^8 h- ~* G3 G
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
! n8 Q/ G& N3 q( q; ]9 s2 b4 ZToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
( _4 `$ w; O$ P4 uordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
& @. E1 Z7 q( M$ E2 g6 P7 \/ H+ h. m @York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34) h% m/ V+ n% y: m, i& Y O& r
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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