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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk5 [& m! E) ^/ F- \
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
+ ?* P0 c4 S/ TSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying7 l! j! m4 }9 H
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended. b0 W: M5 c4 f% B* n$ N7 Y8 f: `, t
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the0 ^# ^9 s4 m# z" v5 `
automaker’s recalls.
" y, e/ R+ V$ k! n9 {5 l+ aThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A+ v9 ~) E# i% X. p1 J. |
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
( M0 x! B2 W( P" Iagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their! Q1 j0 a* A1 @
validity.% [/ b% ]2 R3 a8 q$ _% G1 Z
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009) b- Y! C. f: o" h" y( r$ `
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at3 y0 V9 |! Z* l/ c
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
( H) t0 \& A/ ]& N1 Wglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
# \' V) t# |( A# m: bprevious complaints.
) E6 E! l: B e |8 V“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints( X& M( w9 z5 T* m: d2 W- v) Q3 W
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota) W! \, _7 l/ g. M. E
spokesman.
4 d" g. k, H: [: N, A0 C8 D8 U, ]NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to- e9 I* P* K+ ?6 ~4 F
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52$ b2 _. t+ c3 t( [/ ~ P* i6 h
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
, l" t5 s/ ~4 B! l7 p: `9 Bbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year- O1 q- @0 _- A- o
for unintended acceleration.. v6 l7 e% P% a# Z
# O+ ?" b; J7 C9 c) v/ hReported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the6 [4 s, x' i! a& r
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
$ v( N$ ?; u: wto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
8 d4 G2 [7 r" o% d, }) P& vThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
* o4 X/ u+ x# v3 |" e rat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
: p) G1 q: I, _" kincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.9 J4 Z" D0 E' T( _* t" p
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
( x; U' p* ~5 V( g! Ocompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the2 Y3 G3 t* q1 F% P
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.. z& |, Q/ [( v- S- }( |
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
4 `4 p) O% X. X! Punidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
& T* B6 F$ J2 E. bdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
& U. w0 H S) o4 u3 f. v5 @) d* Hengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.0 I8 A+ {/ h% [ V% c' L' y% v
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”; r2 n2 {" z' @2 W" F
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
( P8 \% G# z" o' d# Sordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New* b* T% `, F2 L# s8 |
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34% _7 O3 E3 ~) ~0 e0 d
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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