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
6 P* d. \  e( ZMarch 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
' g/ d/ q  J. y( O  l2 T9 `Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
automaker’s recalls.
% ?+ O3 ~* h5 T. ~; rThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
2 v* I6 G" U7 G3 y5 {( G" V# Z0 vTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
% ^1 K3 B* M. V  \: cvalidity.
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
3 h% O7 C! N! J9 |% e" A  rMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
1 y" O% ]" v$ u( R! {4 @" nglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
$ q8 I: M5 m9 J( {1 Tprevious complaints.
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
3 I# ]4 z; ]; p8 {spokesman.
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
0 ?9 n. C& I( s+ rdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
for unintended acceleration.

& i% @3 y. \; @+ ^Reported Complaints
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0 j1 y5 q0 Z0 m& OThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
5 z) q+ Y$ p" g$ Kat the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
, q2 u3 B0 v. C* B  JThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
. x; W6 _# V) ?driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
0 j; J% i7 ~& D; f“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
- ]4 U6 b/ E6 n, U+ g* q  N7 w" Cunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
2 ~; e$ s* U; [doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
+ p9 [+ J$ D: C/ D. kThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
ordinary 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。
0 p0 }( X: d! ?( `6 p) I7 N$ D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。
; O% B$ z  J) W" B1 X5 L" @pchell 发表于 2010-3-5 23:10

& R4 ^: y: h2 ^现在camry又有新recall了：
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2 Y1 i5 f0 _) Z2 ?- _3 C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