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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
5 k% V1 y1 y& M( F) g4 ^, ?March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic$ m8 Q' y* ~5 w
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying% d* D7 Z3 i: t5 E
their Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
& p8 p+ m: l9 P$ M7 Bacceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the( _* w# T, `! k0 C) c5 D) s* y7 k
automaker’s recalls.
3 [( f5 I- a3 H: IThe reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A% H2 M1 d( K4 B
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
- r( C; Q$ ^" X7 o9 E: ?agency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their( F0 V1 U$ a2 f" P
validity.3 [* \3 g, z: P0 I6 a/ u7 f
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009- ^1 c: `) h$ _* m, ]8 q7 k z$ S
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
! W9 y' A; Y# u2 I8 N& A5 t& ^dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
: E9 e5 d2 L2 O o/ O9 C* jglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
4 _5 D" ]' q1 h! n7 cprevious complaints.
2 A* J" c. g; c6 `“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints: k8 ^+ P( s/ ]' Q
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota `7 L2 m; f- y' [7 O
spokesman.1 r& l/ H& C$ K. P! A9 Q+ j& L4 _/ u: `& M
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
: `% L9 b( o# T' L q8 uunintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52 X |' ~* X) k
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
7 w# c' b. o6 R: xbeen reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year) q# D3 O8 U" ?+ v9 o) Q6 N
for unintended acceleration.
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Reported Complaints
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" ~: e8 {- W) a3 n8 N! bThe owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
, U0 }( Y' V$ m) O. Ycar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
$ O& T5 n4 q+ \, d/ lto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
" c4 H0 D; t5 T0 F' V F7 nThe owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were" H" J- m, f, d' N# J
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations0 V( ]3 e: V: d/ c7 X
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.8 D* D/ O9 }5 c z e
The owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was9 K: l: w% x# R# y3 q
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the. C3 L5 y0 w+ K4 l2 R
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
+ J) Q: w' _1 E“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
6 g9 V8 f" m4 A4 p0 C5 uunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
: d. `2 b" M" I4 ^5 gdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the
* y8 K2 V, A* p8 sengine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.
# @! X, f" s$ z, pThis obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
1 [) ^* t( t- o5 Y7 \. }Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two/ _7 U. Y+ T+ Y7 s- G* |8 V& Z
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
! }8 i4 Q* t8 [$ j( ^2 M! t( F7 XYork Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
6 [ ^: l8 T+ v7 X" @billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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