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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
# w+ p6 m0 d, r% B, @March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic. C: d5 i( f( T3 N8 y! J1 p3 D
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
& ~! _8 z, g6 ytheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
; a5 u! s, \, c$ t6 E/ N: L, wacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
; I7 f5 L& O8 I( _3 ]8 p! Oautomaker’s recalls.
: |' Z4 r& v# ]8 C) f# z7 KThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A, y+ d; X/ m ^' D+ ]8 b
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
& \$ ]/ j( j \8 _+ f- {8 A0 d0 [agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
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The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
9 i+ n) `( M2 y. g: z4 |Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
0 ]" j2 @) H' Y6 I) N: X: q+ t2 g S- pdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles' L- X+ } u! c2 T6 x' h: O
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of' h4 ]" ` W% ~
previous complaints.
0 `, O' l" ~% C3 ~3 u; Q“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
8 G4 l/ W) f2 e7 n g7 b, e* C4 w+ ~involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to9 ?1 K% I4 O S$ }
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 527 @4 a: [8 `5 R6 `+ d1 r _
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have" @+ ]7 F* K/ v& |- E4 t
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year% c8 N: G) ]) X
for unintended acceleration.& e1 O: }% }3 q; O
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Reported Complaints5 z1 z) N8 y/ d% K
! B# U) X! ]8 M8 yThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the. ~" C/ U% y9 H5 G, z
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
; ~/ s% ]5 y* V' [& `3 j& Nto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.0 p2 h# @$ g6 m$ ^8 h
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were* w0 E: {" G* M+ T! f- a
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations/ @. m" G# ]/ U- H9 j" \/ m7 V- d
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
7 E+ f' q' J( m; N- s$ mThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was6 _/ _1 a d6 l2 m0 P6 u2 u( j
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the, x' X* B- W. S. n$ k
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
n: a# d# E' i4 I# ]" w“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the8 L0 P! E$ u9 w+ l! q' H
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s2 P( d# n. I$ f8 e( I$ l
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
: V6 G+ C/ k r! A, uengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.% r* U, o* y7 B
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”1 \6 t! x. B9 h9 d' e4 K
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two6 C0 g) T) q9 t) p- w1 v2 a
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
/ h3 [3 l% M+ a3 R9 [ LYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $347 \$ ?6 }; a6 }( f: d
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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