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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
0 D0 \* b- |: J7 {March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic! N7 V+ J' d7 G9 K/ l$ d
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
& A; y8 B- w( P* u Etheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
! L1 P$ t- i! F6 f" Hacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the/ q* x U3 S2 u2 }9 ^) n& g
automaker’s recalls.% Z6 j9 @. C# E$ n3 ]1 N, k" t
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
7 ]# {- Y& m" s" |Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
5 d* W) s( ?4 |$ T; a' z6 T8 bagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
1 F3 F; l* S. cvalidity.
) p- p7 X2 i8 J( s, |5 M, ?0 UThe complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
$ g3 d! m2 f0 M2 o2 sMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
# F. k1 z' u2 {5 Udealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
: u: D% y" A" J. o% A2 G: Vglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
( |2 s, b9 J; ]previous complaints.6 e* n, f, F+ e+ f
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints! [4 {) ]1 t; C: M) @) v3 J4 i
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota# g# ]1 E+ L+ n" y: j
spokesman.
+ l Y, s, F) ~" A9 @7 G7 t8 rNHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to! Q' j% \0 I& k
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 524 z8 a, Y, s% w0 `- h, c& j& K Q
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
: ~/ _1 b" h- J% _been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
5 J9 t W$ H+ Xfor unintended acceleration.' E! I/ C9 ^: ?) x: h
1 O4 S6 k/ }, U& o0 eReported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
! \' C7 `% F' r4 B9 Dcar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five+ Q9 e9 Q* w( M
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.% U8 C0 t0 p6 m4 V7 d4 d' c4 B
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were i" c7 A) g/ g5 W% k2 n6 a
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations9 f% H6 N x1 m8 ]
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
5 S- w% f6 i0 j9 ?3 a( w5 G/ F$ u# E1 ]The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
5 }0 [( p4 U1 b5 v( @+ M# N" ucompleted Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
9 D# O( N3 q( t- S: a! p8 |driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.* e/ V7 x4 o3 q P2 j1 |
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the$ m) B* J2 g2 o+ a" k
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s* R. ^: B" r% d8 b) R% X; b- Y
doing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the3 {( F% q0 i4 f3 o2 w9 L1 }* T
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor. J1 F& k" E$ X* }6 N
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
9 R& ~! a/ M: Z" A% z! u0 k0 UToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two; ^; |4 S/ u; z- M2 O
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
6 J* u8 O9 @5 AYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34# ]7 x) N/ g& s! B1 P
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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