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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
: m9 U4 a1 ?4 DMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
- v! M6 `) A3 r& @: cSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying; c4 Y6 ~4 f7 y
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended+ b1 r. O$ c# W# M6 @/ Q+ ^4 O
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
( I2 ]6 A7 w+ H5 V# Kautomaker’s recalls.
3 Q, w4 P2 O9 M! O1 ~& y2 b% rThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A% Y. I2 }5 i4 Q% y; ^" w
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the% b5 w& F( D9 A2 w
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
7 ^1 Z D0 g; [. w3 V6 E/ [# q8 i" V+ Ivalidity.
. M3 V& J( I. Y N& hThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009* p$ t% F8 V% S- ^( M
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at4 e( C1 y% ~& q+ F
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
a: O% T2 M3 C9 A0 W2 ?/ Gglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
* G! L* _- k0 K2 y/ V! b: }) |previous complaints.
; W1 P# [- {- n' E+ K/ X; B3 P“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
, H8 l' ?* ?7 v7 Ainvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to. t. V$ n5 c' [' _
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52* g _! J ?7 Y6 Z- l1 A
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have: ^( [" O0 h3 i$ S5 e9 r
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year7 C# w- F6 }. r2 Q: S, p
for unintended acceleration.5 g9 n$ H) |2 M& B. G0 J' f
" {, c- T1 b1 _: [6 i7 iReported Complaints% m' ^' U/ A$ X) s9 a
+ m5 w- q- V- n+ ~4 n) y' i$ OThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the. L9 I' l8 Y' T
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five" X! @: W7 |6 X) _: V
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.! b- Y! W. Y. B
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were% X+ `5 a9 ~: D9 E! [- Z8 F7 u5 c
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
, `8 d: I: V L$ t' [2 f5 \) Hincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.3 w* B7 {! |9 R0 ] Z, f+ c5 Y
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
( Q1 h! U! I( Y' J8 \completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the: i6 j1 ^: J" X, o4 h2 A
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.6 Z$ z5 r6 e: U+ h7 G, l" J8 Z7 w
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the$ ^. a% R! a) M1 T B& Z3 y% F
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s! R7 c9 n7 o0 J5 U: f- c5 ~6 O
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the; w( { f) w8 x+ G
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.! m( f# A7 Y1 ~/ W: L% v1 S" u& ?
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!” N# x; k1 i4 c& h) T
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
# O# O- J% @% Eordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New5 L1 @4 ?. O H4 T, \
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
' P# j P! u5 l4 [billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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