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

CASH$$$

By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
' f- G" B+ a2 P* `4 R) k3 ]automaker’s recalls.
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
$ X2 s3 ~8 n9 D( N7 `# i9 C3 magency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
+ @: q6 }+ I, k9 f+ i# x+ Ovalidity.
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
: c; d  v: S: E5 u0 XMatrix 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
previous complaints.
2 c# D$ v/ i3 P  X6 Q5 u“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
: u/ @7 z* P7 Ninvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
spokesman.
0 I( n4 j# n) x$ n/ 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
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
* |. e2 b( L* G% zfor unintended acceleration.

Reported Complaints

% C1 F/ j% X; `) d$ yThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
% O: W* }" g& b: R% k1 nThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
  K4 y) C+ y6 S0 t* ~at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
* a9 j7 g5 Z( o- W6 y* ^completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
  n( K$ D/ [0 K) j1 Y2 i4 z3 {“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
( }9 J, [2 W8 Ndoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
" U5 z: f! r7 B, B1 ?- fengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
+ l$ U. d3 U/ ?" t$ I. eThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
( i) Q. F- B! x+ y; gToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
% P; A' b% z' U; fYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
7 K  G4 L; L% V' j8 Tbillion 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。
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 s+ _% {$ d/ 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。
pchell 发表于 2010-3-5 23:10

8 @* v; s( x; l; [" b; \' p, u( @% q6 I
" B+ O1 Q, ^, O+ z现在camry又有新recall了：
5 M- T( ^- j! @$ J; o" [) X
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

beiwei