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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk. v5 X& Z; F; k. X: a/ L1 ^
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic) l! F0 r- \0 S
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
! Z/ \- w. S& Gtheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
1 `, T1 y5 s- A3 x6 p# Q- y5 M4 Hacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
" R5 I' O# ^' S2 Q" X1 u6 Yautomaker’s recalls.
! f7 g/ w/ S8 N) G: z) N5 ^' L& C& ~The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A2 @6 z/ y) _# K# P
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the# e2 ?7 G2 u$ f- b+ m" {
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
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The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
: V( n3 l# {/ q q8 Y9 aMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
4 b' w2 z8 W& q' g! d( vdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles/ r! l- ]9 K* t4 E7 q" Y* D
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of: C# I3 Y: A+ c
previous complaints.9 W- |' l; D- q: u* D r
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints# j1 g% j3 C+ }1 w' d
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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4 T6 m9 T. g! [' x6 I7 U2 eNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
8 t6 G5 }" Z: b; F8 ] Q7 F( T4 qunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
, t5 |8 j# r0 l" Z. R% f& a# U* cdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
- l0 ?4 O. w$ e0 {# Y% n% }been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
a3 ^5 a8 v" S' D- i% N4 ^9 ^for unintended acceleration.2 B0 t1 g# j% m' A1 j
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Reported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the( Y# O% A: O) @4 }. f
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five+ T$ L6 }8 n# j8 s
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
! h( I* o7 q( y" p+ `& lThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
0 {! z' S+ \/ U3 L% C' a* x1 [. Uat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
* c/ v @1 S: {+ d5 T3 r( kincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
) R* m5 \. @/ u, m' n5 E2 \0 ?The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was2 u2 s3 C2 m( h0 z
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
9 D0 Z& F" G: ndriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
4 S& b1 A$ Z3 s% _' r“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the# R9 K' T* {4 F2 f! A% _, w. z* |
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
8 A( I! s5 M! [$ Bdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the% F1 o) z2 F* F5 g. U- o
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
$ T: E# ]& x7 i, ~& l. M5 h- lThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”; O+ z+ T% O/ o) S( J
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two4 F9 n1 A" q9 W6 M# C1 i- }+ a$ b8 a
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New; T4 {2 d" ~* C8 [/ t# {
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
4 p1 h/ v& f+ g" K- l2 J; B! x, xbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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