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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
1 L3 G0 c$ [1 f& L0 a9 r/ m: r. \March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
( W+ K! o) K' ~3 T' f. [+ ASafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying' \- `; F7 p) J* u/ g9 W+ Q
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
. z L/ l! w: O E5 U2 i6 h5 yacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the e/ t/ P9 ~: o2 @2 g
automaker’s recalls.( q( M$ Y& Z! `; X3 L
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
) S/ K* G1 s- `2 M, ATransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the' {& d% m' l" F9 Y+ r) I$ ?( i
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their' |* p; \: \0 u% x# [3 b6 c7 u
validity.
( |5 k1 k3 v6 z0 r- n$ q, ~! WThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
( ]) e) w3 r: [# }6 ]: SMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
5 W9 C" q6 h. K+ j& P" n, gdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
1 f" ~7 P# z1 Q8 C- D, Bglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
* E9 A+ v `3 T7 ~- _1 t2 @previous complaints.( _( t- `, R8 q9 \
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
3 z7 T5 P$ I* U4 N; w6 ]6 Hinvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
7 \5 B) u; `' i: ^1 l; k4 ]spokesman./ k5 m; e. S. o% t2 `/ c2 R
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
: `1 c9 |: x$ C% y0 `! { Ounintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52% y# Y5 _' d9 h0 L/ j6 [8 n
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have' ]. Q; R8 E+ f
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
* u, f- \$ V8 _$ i0 K+ J) f0 H1 J* hfor unintended acceleration.
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Reported Complaints! L$ _; \, x. U6 X; Q
2 p: s2 ~3 t& ^& P3 u: vThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the' Y) j2 v) ?9 [* O0 H
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five! @% z' {% g9 @; t" i7 }, n
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
5 J* \! p7 W' O" i6 L9 @The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were, v2 d" y- g0 U) H) ^6 S% Z% E3 j
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations5 \9 `+ M! j* P" j9 x; c
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
4 m2 F e. ^8 O/ d' N; I& jThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
( o9 `; L% ]% V& D3 R ccompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
) l2 f. ?! m. e* Y* }driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
# C ]( |9 N; ]2 A“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
$ ?, J. m m2 j: Y; k- k$ sunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
1 \$ z! D9 W# D- B7 v; fdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
+ b7 Q! E4 b9 [engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.% ^6 ?: g( K- O7 U* h
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
. H! {" i$ G _1 p7 U& ]. pToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two& t8 R- j' s4 ]
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
5 G, X5 q! b' b& A% L# C9 L4 eYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
$ g4 u; e- p2 w6 ^billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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