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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
, V8 C$ X- j5 c$ GMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic5 {# `% a' @4 B/ ?9 @. v( T5 e k
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
+ k: }/ t5 D% E2 Ztheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended; [* b. M! j0 R6 [) A
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the$ c, U8 Z& J& L% q0 ~3 ^$ ~% D
automaker’s recalls.
' S: }3 b8 [: ~/ m% vThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
- j/ ~/ Y* u2 i+ ]$ pTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
b+ s, M3 ~$ Q8 C& n& \: oagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their3 Z6 Q. s* b; [2 ~' F
validity.
8 e {: C3 t+ v/ {The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 20094 c% N7 @9 i+ X n, D+ u
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at0 q0 v" l6 I |" P: ^
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
2 u9 P; C# Q. |& |/ Wglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of: q, t9 d4 u j. A) A; G
previous complaints.
4 H* o( C" `% x+ u“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
9 H9 b3 y3 ?% P; U; i- P/ ~" O& ]involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota' q4 ]+ Q9 ~/ l: X: U. X
spokesman.: a* ` w$ ~" r* H, [
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
6 b" k3 I1 x, x4 l0 R. Zunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52! C7 y4 \- s: v
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
3 a) u* Q( M3 t, E0 M0 ~been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
$ n1 `) Z1 _4 j5 X! {: p5 A3 [9 ]; hfor unintended acceleration.
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* \6 m+ X" ^" I( t! x" j1 U9 @: z' [Reported Complaints* @$ w' b2 m; X( p) u' U2 K
! h! N# C4 |" Q8 ]- xThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
0 m5 P6 Z* C5 x: Hcar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five E. \2 }3 W5 s- s7 Y/ J
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
6 w* G& h8 X8 W' x! s* _: @. I" bThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
* S1 q+ i6 K! p7 V, n3 H2 w W( mat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
9 l+ m8 j3 u+ Qincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
K, A: |" {$ MThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was" q2 T2 e/ s. i+ p
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the# @3 r8 q4 b/ i5 G! n5 q- u
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
# f, x4 I- g. A4 `( k/ @8 L8 X& z* J“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
% B% Z) t8 K7 I5 ^" e6 X9 lunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s: V' I- u2 k2 I: j
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
7 v# O# O' d! dengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
# j. B; l/ A" y7 H. ZThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
3 x/ {4 O( o; y7 _8 A" [Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
, { s8 h" G$ Xordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New* `2 [% C- w5 E; b9 n, U7 V
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $347 \* L/ ]1 M: E w! P" C% L; j' m
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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