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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk+ Y6 T6 O% J1 C5 Q' G& {
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic5 \& L* ~$ C2 _
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
% H) c! o' g) }6 S2 ^: I8 S. ptheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended- s4 v8 P" _" A7 h; I7 F! F( O6 y
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the" U# ]2 r5 d! {5 S
automaker’s recalls.3 g. @1 S" x. Y& y, m' i
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A) ^, Z$ t2 M, { `& J0 X( D
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
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validity.
1 {- b3 e& n2 D( L/ M/ M# }The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
- ~" g5 _4 k* F( HMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at. v5 e& v# `2 ?& L' l+ b$ H
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles6 |/ I" a' o a. J8 {) w
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
% k: ]" x7 A/ u/ Y s$ w3 uprevious complaints.
+ [* q2 s$ U( p+ @“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints9 D) O$ B1 {$ d# e) G4 ?; S% c
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
/ c( |0 w3 B! b- u5 O T( P0 m3 pspokesman." _5 k1 X6 p" v- ^1 t
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to) h$ i8 Y) I7 [5 T
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
0 i M; M4 Z3 q; \# Zdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have% l% A* _9 U, O6 S
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year0 B$ H0 e6 ^) ^* D* W
for unintended acceleration.; ] u) r4 R. r4 c' k/ h3 P
" l, ]. k+ T* w4 t' y) X0 sReported Complaints( Y! k1 }; R$ U. ]# b
2 R9 C' u2 s3 v' OThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
" \. [+ Z; q( ?: U. |% ^( mcar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
) A% a1 _/ }7 ^1 Nto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
( C. v: x" O9 V. j' t; Z! tThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
" u. f0 X N1 E3 R6 Qat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations( z" m4 |( N* S- r
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
: r& R: I0 ^: v) W+ C4 [! aThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was0 M0 H+ _6 u; ]5 a: z& [
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
7 N A# |# | Q) R7 B' B3 Hdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.+ W# B+ i3 O" V; {4 [# b5 ~1 P5 e
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
, A0 `& y; s" f( Tunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
( w( k, X8 `) u0 ?9 B) X1 x- _doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
; o# r" \1 J! n+ X0 n" t& Eengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
4 U# B; {6 r9 IThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”0 F1 D4 T! q9 V7 h/ |; g& z. N3 X
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two3 Z9 I& x; O. I
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
7 [: E" o ]1 Y5 PYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $341 Q: e& T! O; }' C7 b$ Y" B1 U
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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