四辆召回修好后的丰田车又有了加速问题；总死亡人数可能增加到52

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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
* Q7 d! S& R! N  j! ~9 a7 J6 ~automaker’s recalls.
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
% R8 x) h( T6 S9 W3 oTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
9 Q# D5 X2 E$ R9 t$ [* g6 kagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
& e! p% Y) p/ a  B" Z% Bvalidity.
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
4 u9 X  D0 d- V+ X+ Ydealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
0 V+ B( n; H- E8 p& }8 Dprevious complaints.
  h& }1 y- f- _( O& Y3 T  C+ c“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
spokesman.
( S9 E+ x; J5 e+ D- l+ KNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
" o/ `* m6 ^, A- O: Ybeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
for unintended acceleration.
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0 _, {* W# {5 X/ X' ^+ C; IReported Complaints

The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
, A- A; a7 R: E" M# |5 L" }; Ccar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
- r( L9 v8 I* J5 HThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
1 T! x4 @9 t( x2 n' Dat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
& A0 T8 {' j/ f% l$ T% t6 VThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
& W4 n2 P! y" _8 \3 A2 {9 \/ ?3 f0 acompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
8 s5 {6 [% r8 {; H: A# z4 ?“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
' v; J7 r( L  D0 tengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
3 @" c: Y, ]6 F4 OToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
6 ]8 T3 Q) {' `- w$ dordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
/ \- ^- T  p- Cbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21.

newlife

Toyota is going to die.

urspace

可惜始终有中国人还是执迷不悟，可悲。

pchell

真的假的？那位大牛出来证实一下。
1 z8 k# [$ ?) ]这下好了，国内不过是“下坡不超凯美瑞，上坡不跟汉兰德”，也就两款车。到了加拿大，只要见到丰田/lexus的轿车就得让道，太牛了。

shark27

真的假的？那位大牛出来证实一下。
! A8 G4 t$ g& I* |2 d" `  W8 g8 v$ t/ H这下好了，国内不过是“下坡不超凯美瑞，上坡不跟汉兰德”，也就两款车。到了加拿大，只要见到丰田/lexus的轿车就得让道，太牛了。
7 K1 R7 b, z- a( Z: G3 mpchell 发表于 2010-3-5 23:10

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现在camry又有新recall了：
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2 z8 z( |& E  R1 |) h在踏板后面加个小铁片已经是昨日黄花了，现在是要把踏板锯掉一截

beiwei