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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
2 R3 }# ?" _9 r' Q& M' BMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic( M( W+ [; G' {! X( y4 W
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
/ L' G+ O5 w9 X' Z) S: e; Utheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended- k u2 i- x9 {) M- \+ d
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the* e9 }: T6 l9 B$ q4 i7 I9 | X
automaker’s recalls.% b0 [) {" U8 Q5 q
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A3 q9 n1 [- `- O; p2 `
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
3 f! G( X& u% Q! C; Z$ h* O0 L! j( Nagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
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* s3 Z5 R7 N: CThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 20097 t u3 s2 o2 R0 o4 _6 j
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
& ?- X! K$ [+ m, ?dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
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previous complaints.
9 f9 E! Z6 H# ^3 d“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints9 A% U% [; D& U- i5 W- q( ~
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
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/ S. E" F1 a. v# tNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
! s& e# a9 s7 j) w( T1 Vunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52 E9 X+ [; F0 l5 x% g
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
7 L$ ~3 u, S0 Pbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
( |( o) u+ q4 ^ c/ N. Q$ t9 nfor unintended acceleration.
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1 z, p$ @; L O. KReported Complaints8 ~; F; F8 V5 z: Q2 S+ t
4 Y( p' ], D5 a& v, c, [* T$ CThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
K- r7 }7 }* @; M9 v5 Ycar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five% ^3 H9 X" x7 l+ _
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.& }7 B0 l& H. q0 ?, p& W/ h; i+ v
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were1 X/ S* ]4 X/ _* I
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
+ [& R9 b% ^5 t/ sincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.+ l2 P% S+ g+ w; v; \& P" ]; R3 y
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
+ u" ?; S L/ q! qcompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the4 N' |. x: `9 f
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.; D2 n4 r" h1 m" h
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
# X' G% }% ]/ R% u8 X& ~unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s0 T, T5 v. N" d1 y6 o& [
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the) f% w4 q4 w# L/ B
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
( E1 u; n3 K6 @+ U5 ^This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
* I2 {& |1 }% P4 j# c# eToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two) H h. W" w. F3 o
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
9 V; K$ e; _) A8 A BYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
1 ]7 F% w5 O7 @, b4 ]; Zbillion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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