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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk/ U! u% L6 k$ j' ~/ {8 K
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
4 N3 u- {2 I# `# `Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
3 e% h- X I vtheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
+ V' w: r+ K- E/ B9 |+ Racceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
' w u8 M [* n6 oautomaker’s recalls.7 h' {/ i, j" E d q* B
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
6 f) B6 |8 x( [9 y! U' b: ^/ iTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the0 b; N& t. @/ _- ^3 j( A1 y# |" [5 `$ Z; R
agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their9 F( y& U" M5 _: ?; V1 B
validity.
) v8 V% B1 r2 H7 PThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
- b! `9 Z+ z9 E1 w X/ [ iMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at$ m- m( a$ ^/ F8 R6 n u( I
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles' Y$ J7 z1 _* A5 e) l3 I% ]9 W
globally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
; ~2 c: e! s$ K$ Lprevious complaints.
- g' [4 h3 W* ? P“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
, B1 e! ?9 b8 m2 T4 Uinvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
, E% N* P% _1 a" X! \spokesman.$ X5 z* o0 N" Z7 F
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to \; M" a3 D' W# W5 [. \* j) W
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
, ^" Q4 d5 X T: P7 Sdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have0 {6 M0 C- d' U% r. }& \) z! l
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year5 T$ P' u+ i( p
for unintended acceleration.. A' o$ A5 l& o* T/ Y3 ^
4 U# q! n. c1 p% @0 ^Reported Complaints
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8 C8 s1 V: K/ s% \, ^0 R) [The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the- j. ]5 s3 l2 _ y1 I/ l8 |" |9 V$ h0 D
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five, k5 J V, z* p3 O, r! d0 @
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.4 j) V) f* k7 I' S
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were1 e. m. Q: Z3 ^
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
! q5 E2 T* t1 C z/ T+ k a5 _* dincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
: x' ?/ B* Q! X6 Y! o4 u1 p! WThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
2 n7 ^/ W/ ^4 Z; icompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
* t& q X. h, G" y" Jdriver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.- _3 z6 p. G( B2 H: i4 K
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
2 f" {' E) M5 z. s* u! Q! xunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
, N( ^# _! d, S% M2 D" Z2 [' M' hdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the, c; J) E% i! g! b) v
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor./ N% J$ p# R; a+ L3 {
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”3 Y9 T) B( K) Y; t: l- v
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
1 r, y c* d# z8 ?; lordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New- m# Q8 t! d! U2 X
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $344 Q& w2 u: N% c
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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