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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
1 ~0 j- G) @/ m* u. rMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
; o2 K5 Q3 ~) aSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
$ @' [+ Y, L! F8 j7 D! W, Ptheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
; x4 @0 c( A: Y- pacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the" G m. ]0 J" v6 O
automaker’s recalls.; H6 F$ j0 f8 \" u0 R( [, }
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A5 T8 f0 i- O$ M0 o6 ^
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
& u) z; e% A9 x* q. ?' Wagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their& m4 L5 H: N" _& m) Y
validity.
$ m5 R4 s: X5 XThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
4 t3 }& A8 ]( o& y9 RMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
& c* m7 U* c( _* y% ?dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles/ I, } H& x2 G, h8 ~
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
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“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints5 ` r+ |& @# @( M' ~: \8 G+ [
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota3 C5 j3 A" b: c" j5 H0 |
spokesman.
7 Q1 U3 O1 N) w" f2 f' oNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to0 n0 C0 P" m7 E) X8 _) F: @' A
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
2 @0 P& ^2 `7 y, F2 T( b" sdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have* O# n' H+ r7 L0 S, P; T- [
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year9 Z9 m9 U# J- j8 A; i! C
for unintended acceleration.& V# L9 K" W% z
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Reported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the! d3 {: f+ c: s8 M+ L) X
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five: ?& ~5 O: k4 L
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.; t6 ?6 [9 b# Y: }, y$ D: X! u
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
3 e1 P4 u/ h! h: U+ ?$ k* N3 Sat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
& l9 T! ]- R. j& G6 @; z0 O8 Cincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.* z: y# a7 A! v% {) {
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
6 J$ P5 |" U, Z4 _2 Ncompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
+ M7 N. E' V+ [5 ~. l) adriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.- Y' p% C4 s9 ?/ P4 P7 L0 X0 C1 z; C
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the" K- H: c( S8 G( m: d) l1 b) X
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
' X `) z2 l/ r0 n' |doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the5 g f8 X% N8 [* [* H9 Y
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor., q! x+ a7 I' F; C4 b3 [7 e
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
- d. L& R, r1 R( |5 `4 XToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
8 p# Z! i" W. Yordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New# u. J8 x ?& Y$ ^. [+ |1 Z' c
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
# C2 T7 w2 W4 x3 @/ Y& Hbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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