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
/ t7 N5 v$ I5 d# R. }$ fSafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
3 w, s1 f! d: L5 n8 ^# C% _acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
automaker’s recalls.
  v$ V, {) C" W* bThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
. y7 L" u" z" Z' Q9 ]# iTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
validity.
3 ?; ?- s* A; ]3 R  ^* {The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
: ?$ @; p) I6 f" A+ y1 Dprevious complaints.
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
# \" _( ?: K' \) wspokesman.
9 s- R$ R3 m) jNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
8 f. e' ^& X6 V. ?7 z" `: k- H+ _7 Sunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
, W. o% m  P9 z. |8 P, _deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
; B( m# W( y; t% U! ^. rbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
for unintended acceleration.
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Reported Complaints
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# |0 [" O- j- F, A6 mThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
1 Z7 {+ K+ \" |! c" S& ?- W0 ~to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
6 U# q) f) o0 V9 v6 `The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
# p9 }8 P! Q1 j! c" d4 |2 g3 oat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
  t7 u. t7 f' vincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
9 S; ^* X" R) a' l2 qThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
( w5 P; ^1 n( @1 D1 H4 {0 \  odriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
! O, x+ Y2 c3 u1 M. b# F" A( vunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
0 c; X: \. C# ~. Ldoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
. F; t0 W! j7 e3 dengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
" \4 S* j- Y9 r' d- @This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
3 _% Z, m/ C: T5 L+ U9 V5 a  qordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
billion 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。
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。
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。
9 d6 e, u4 R# `- Kpchell 发表于 2010-3-5 23:10

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8 m0 x. E4 n3 H4 o) g$ a现在camry又有新recall了：

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