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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
6 c0 E; T' b% _6 B% ^March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic- Z! ? a& W! k* [) q t% R) T
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
: U7 T- V" U3 c# e( \- _3 Btheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
V# T% x |$ I3 R+ w; Cacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the: _% S, W V, n) x1 c0 u- n# p# F- ]' ?
automaker’s recalls.
% i$ C: E5 r! M0 L" ~$ hThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A K8 X( _. e5 t$ P+ Z# E* }9 y
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the) x) {, }/ c) d6 D B
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their1 v0 s9 f: h" Y% @5 F0 z+ b
validity.
) G( e4 C" h; Y9 oThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009) }9 ^8 r2 y' z& T5 w; ]8 ?: O: @' R, H( e, r
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
0 B+ w, V! S7 K* W* W0 g9 y! ?# mdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles; k: Y7 f3 m9 d4 w6 R( {
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of! D% E' K) P# J; \9 ~( y) p$ k% P
previous complaints./ \) ]3 n; P, _) O0 Q
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints3 ?' X _, U/ _& O# t. J
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
" z2 A0 C0 h# S" q; aunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 525 W; Z3 V- S( o: B
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
8 N5 Y# O7 D2 \8 E4 E+ A- {+ e2 l7 Ebeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year' Y% T+ w1 N- U
for unintended acceleration.6 M! D# T4 ?" [' t
, I1 R9 z% d6 O UReported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the( L N1 Q0 i/ l7 ` n
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
4 q" d) `8 w' zto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
% ?( u+ U N" M- ]The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were4 e* W6 u& {% ~/ _/ Y- F9 I
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
& W: b! N2 r$ rincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
3 g$ j3 f% l# R) nThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was. S4 d+ L" ~2 Z. f& x
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the" M% F1 `* R7 F& C J- t) U
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.# x( w7 T: ]( o. D
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
/ g3 c5 h& ^' ~! M+ Sunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s- G* A- P/ g4 L/ U
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
# |) O ~" V6 b$ J5 ?; fengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.& |' y. d( F+ I& O0 f. A- N! `
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”, G; D( V6 b5 ?1 k
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two2 ^5 X3 |. J E/ C+ G; ?
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New) h# I& h8 q0 d8 l3 _* i9 D) M0 W
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
4 v% R& G% T" m8 e. [* t! f- [billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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