四辆召回修好后的丰田车又有了加速问题；总死亡人数可能增加到52

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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
! E. i- d4 t2 w, ^3 C$ fMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
" j. d4 n5 R3 ~Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
7 T& r: `3 p3 E) t* J2 Z" f: Utheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
automaker’s recalls.
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
4 w4 a5 a: l0 {# U% T8 {+ H/ eagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
' e& o6 a7 V5 U6 a; u; g! Nvalidity.
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
: R( Z) j  A* P2 K$ gprevious complaints.
6 F6 B! c' N, w  ?“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
) E2 r6 j. H+ c/ yinvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
8 p. V* f+ T2 p2 _! N, Vspokesman.
* n8 l( m+ d3 e% a$ j9 ]2 NNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
- C' a" p( Q% @6 B2 \been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
" d2 ?; }- _& X- j5 Ofor unintended acceleration.
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Reported Complaints
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0 v3 r& H' o2 {  }The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
, b  V1 U& \( X, V  b8 q3 Ecar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
$ p+ p; p3 T, v% u5 n( j6 F% |* oto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
; K: F: |1 K; n! rThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
$ ~% O" U. t6 P2 v) o" aat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
+ E- q6 q$ W2 T; h; R6 Z; rincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
  Y0 m% V, H% `# H9 Y. F: LThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
" r+ b. D' f, f. Rcompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
$ N( w* x% R: u4 S7 bdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
& M* ?) e# \4 f8 D, v: g  Q: bToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
) K0 Q6 e6 Q! a% l  SYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21.

newlife

Toyota is going to die.

urspace

可惜始终有中国人还是执迷不悟，可悲。

pchell

真的假的？那位大牛出来证实一下。
+ j% X: M; H0 Z+ R: \这下好了，国内不过是“下坡不超凯美瑞，上坡不跟汉兰德”，也就两款车。到了加拿大，只要见到丰田/lexus的轿车就得让道，太牛了。

shark27

真的假的？那位大牛出来证实一下。
0 z- N3 {9 E5 q6 O8 M7 b5 y这下好了，国内不过是“下坡不超凯美瑞，上坡不跟汉兰德”，也就两款车。到了加拿大，只要见到丰田/lexus的轿车就得让道，太牛了。
pchell 发表于 2010-3-5 23:10

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- t' V8 f- x  N现在camry又有新recall了：

在踏板后面加个小铁片已经是昨日黄花了，现在是要把踏板锯掉一截

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