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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
9 O2 L" d1 }4 v# j, DMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic5 n6 _& Q6 o- }& Q' {0 E
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying+ \# O: u- P0 b, L1 _6 ?$ r/ [1 i
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended, A4 u+ c) j2 r+ h V! Y
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the. r7 T3 P& b5 s
automaker’s recalls.
. V$ b7 Y% p8 ^! g- b, ~' E$ M4 cThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A8 }3 F; t! Q; s. E( g; v f
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the0 y/ \0 e; y9 V' F1 o6 a! i9 K( T
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their7 z3 ?! |% W, g5 C6 P
validity.8 [! V- K1 R) i4 I8 h+ V
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009! `0 u( c, X. I! L" N# F h
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at* I0 e: l$ O. P9 {5 d7 S
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
. f0 b4 L7 ?7 X8 {% }: s& @globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
- o7 Z) g* V; X$ N' Uprevious complaints.
1 h( f1 N8 @* S2 L- K9 O- t, q* o“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
% I. W7 z+ I3 [, D3 O% ?& q" }6 linvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
8 v% n/ K6 t s3 `' cspokesman.: d) {2 d0 q0 f; q/ L6 n& w- X, h% d. A
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
\+ c' j1 N# z1 @- ]. l) @2 Munintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52' a6 O1 Y: }: m8 [
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have3 ~, B: `5 b' _% g
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
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Reported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the4 r8 k |- w/ r( K
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five- O _ O e( C& g& t; E3 { V- J
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
2 G7 s% j+ Y' B+ j7 b) bThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
3 ^9 F3 S* m/ \# qat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations6 D8 ~. r4 f/ d" m, o" x
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier." l3 [: c# ~# B( F( w
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was+ {4 t, C M% F. K% H. [
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
: D6 @# v3 P' Q; r% k8 pdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.) z' N( q2 C4 a* |
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the5 Y: g Z. F# y' m& V; T, K% Q! e
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s: i, \' Y1 L; K4 T( E7 g
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
6 Q3 r1 A4 O, l8 f6 k, s O: G1 jengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.) _% n+ a G! v3 c
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
; [% o7 K+ z, W* i. S, q% d% V- YToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
6 V$ e3 t7 J4 o+ v- ?! P( ^ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New, q& t, o8 e7 u, Q( l3 n3 f
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34) ?6 W' o* J( C# ~: u0 E
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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