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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
$ g l& O. J$ M, gMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
( L6 T/ w2 p2 nSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
" C; a* z+ M- }* w" w2 N* [their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
( b# P8 y* M# p5 w4 Racceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
2 u2 [* B% i4 H# P% Q, j/ c) x' qautomaker’s recalls.% b* D# Q5 f! X
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
2 K$ z) ]/ D: z* A1 p: }Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
( {* c' ^- r8 |3 n2 P9 @( y% u' tagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their3 i3 J( i3 U3 [7 V& K
validity.& M4 [- X7 j/ T7 F; s: q
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
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dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles+ t$ C0 D) y5 y7 Y. A3 H
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
2 }9 l; ]! g% @- Y2 dprevious complaints.( s7 l7 S' D# ?5 S0 h; a$ |
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints c; _* F: o1 M5 ^
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota4 n9 L. Z6 S+ \7 z7 W x
spokesman.
2 O% ~% s$ |- _/ H; CNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to" g5 T/ L$ b# l3 {( g' ~) E1 j M
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52. Q7 @- u" H1 G0 y1 V% U4 w
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have# `! @1 h3 X- v7 \/ C
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year* T \5 i5 j$ _! g+ D
for unintended acceleration.
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0 D$ G6 D4 T/ R9 v( @6 tReported Complaints7 \: ]1 C3 V7 a. l
8 U2 S' Z% ^( B% J. |$ ]+ ~6 T7 {The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
Y8 [! G5 {8 Y: Z8 Scar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
~* Z2 ]2 R9 dto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
% h. J* K2 T( G6 @1 \The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were* R' o' ]% u* I. f7 F8 T, `
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
. a. I3 Q! f$ i2 Oincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
+ k, |6 O5 R! Q- r& fThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
" f5 ^4 T8 d Kcompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the8 U) ?! [8 D8 {) V6 V3 e
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
3 Z% J& l- b! B, }, A4 I“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the# `% R$ |% F2 n
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
5 P1 N f9 v3 r1 j; i6 Ldoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
9 H/ e( y0 _4 J3 _engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
7 f8 _& h# |: `# i# p/ u. oThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”& i3 D$ f( R5 g3 A2 t
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two2 y% \/ p. K% a9 T
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
! B) y$ G; ]8 b. wYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
) S4 m+ k7 Q' |billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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