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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk/ T: e3 [* m5 B; m
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
; q" O0 Q. n4 r e2 KSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
4 ]" T( J) H6 T2 G/ n- utheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended) F1 a% [& c+ ^5 a- q
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the! j& |4 f& t8 ?2 ]
automaker’s recalls.
# J/ d* w. U1 R0 s# zThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A4 l( Y7 S0 y6 S% T' R( {8 ~
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the9 w# W5 O4 B/ e! ?3 E2 p/ L5 e! Z
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their8 _* I1 G( r# Y
validity.
' t/ D; h- I1 j7 R, gThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009; G4 H0 W' M2 j4 @7 `
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at: X2 i |8 {; ?( Z: |; j
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles4 Z: t" M. s" u" m
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of6 y/ m5 z# m" }4 U2 t) ~7 `0 K+ W
previous complaints.3 C( a5 R' |. q' `
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints" U% K* v" R5 | r0 G' Y
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to% o! G8 e4 P9 v' b: U1 j# a
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
9 r! E- [- z1 j& q/ i7 hdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
) U/ C @4 M7 F" k q0 s! zbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year+ G% w: g3 C3 l# Z& o, L5 M+ W
for unintended acceleration.
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) S+ _% Z) q( p) R6 N- m: w3 [Reported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
5 Y/ G: c# p0 }car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
" P+ m8 U* T6 wto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.4 x1 T# Q) e8 l" a I
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
" S7 k/ v8 Q+ c x/ a1 X2 Hat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
+ M) V4 e# F8 u( T R. ?& Xincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.8 J3 z, f6 f L9 j& D' ~
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was6 m0 [. B" S* B# f* M. R
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the- ?2 P5 P2 u* o3 [ Z" Z
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
2 f) c9 c( h+ s% A" u“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
3 ?2 h# W3 p1 l5 x% p5 t7 Hunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
5 }8 r E% }1 Q' c. ldoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the5 ?, B J$ z C# l# r
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
* I8 X* c1 @: ~3 R T+ tThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
5 B: j# w2 |' A4 F- g3 iToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
, {: S' U4 N, ]ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
1 y( z7 L4 R8 I$ W" S8 }York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
; s$ Z; i- F2 k- I, A gbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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