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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
% Y' [8 E" R7 H. e: D2 {March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
# G7 n! x% y3 z4 i* BSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying, N6 z# T! R0 b5 p& ?5 c) A; R
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended9 M( b* D: f9 c: l; C
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the8 B3 k/ @9 N/ P8 h$ r$ z! X) B( a
automaker’s recalls.
, `! { e# X0 WThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A. P' g$ s* ~% W
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
" }, f# K- W, {8 _7 bagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their8 A L9 }; r2 [( g2 w4 E" ^7 r
validity.- T' V) B. d c5 k1 r1 r+ f
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 20097 `2 P" m+ G" H5 E& K, Y# P
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
! |+ a, ?+ C# b- r4 edealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
/ P Q/ |( s; M0 u5 dglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
" l F1 O& Q* a. f. f& Tprevious complaints.
6 F0 v0 X% ]$ b7 ]! |$ S“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
$ E) D. Y: U1 P- O0 iinvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota" R+ _7 b% Q8 Q% H {5 ~
spokesman.! a3 c8 L2 m( e2 O8 W2 J
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
* y8 V6 P$ M7 O' @ v' A3 Runintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
2 [% M; d4 K# X4 A: ndeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have) A2 F3 G n! A* _$ n( m! x3 A7 S. b8 l
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
/ q- N. e. m4 i5 N [+ mfor unintended acceleration.& J( b i) P. U; ^; g6 W
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Reported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the o5 n# m; N3 Y8 h8 c( A& a
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
2 J9 I( ` h# k, d' K: |to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
6 g a5 {: V" ~: m. |The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were- u2 k2 l8 Z! T9 }5 K
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
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The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was$ `+ t6 _6 V: d A" a% U
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
: `, G$ }+ C" q6 Ydriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
% i) o+ [ L; x* ^" n+ O6 K“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the. O3 a8 d0 T1 q( a; q$ P; j
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s, L+ _1 w( B4 w' o* z2 f+ O& i
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the% \. |0 S+ [- x, k, Q$ t, `& f
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.8 K9 J3 k3 a$ C9 Y: x* N
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”7 ~, V$ c8 I/ ]: H- d6 L
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
5 P7 u- t5 I& i5 w% F4 l' ~ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New6 j; I. R6 T) Y/ Q9 ]6 o9 C
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $347 x: U1 z" F* j) t0 ]
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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