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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
U; l4 D1 ^* i& SMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic0 k/ i$ i2 s, Y! P
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
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acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the. Z( {' y2 N6 U8 T6 ]
automaker’s recalls.% {: J) c9 s1 h% z: B' p' u# E" U2 j
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
; _ j8 J" y9 `9 E' zTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the. s* I. f3 H# }# y* N+ s
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their0 t" D: ?5 l# X& B
validity.
# @: d0 |/ S" o7 {6 t+ A4 Q+ |0 r: WThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
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dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
2 F5 z% @- a0 f) K! Y2 Eglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of- ]3 J5 v; |2 e( f$ M& g( n
previous complaints.; V) F& T1 r0 I* @9 l
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints S/ g" c1 ~. A; u8 W0 L J' S/ I4 E
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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' U# c: u# N2 p3 V3 Q) gNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
" k3 |3 v9 G$ Tunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
0 F1 a; N7 e1 W2 L, E) Ndeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have* d- y, N h& z. N6 q f; T7 f
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
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+ M. k: g# \ D1 WReported Complaints7 m3 y+ W. x$ c5 i
2 {, D3 {& E4 V+ e6 l+ b# S WThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
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to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17. j i. s6 J+ ?3 c
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were8 o# w2 a, y0 h( R2 s+ L
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
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The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
[, H! m. j+ P6 K( t9 W* ocompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the' l' x' B. m: O& _% c8 T# V# \
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
) D; v8 c- H7 f3 e+ g“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the7 h" } u+ n H" V. D& j
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
5 Y2 D6 S% _" y" Hdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the3 y2 d3 o/ r# }2 p7 }
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.' f/ y* r" H( N1 o
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
! u! D/ M3 ^% Q1 D9 FToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two% n, {. R6 F& R/ T+ h. [- _( O
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New4 o2 w* p$ b5 Y! B; ~/ L% s
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34+ x2 w$ Z+ e* N+ t2 c
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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