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By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk' Z. G( K J! D; x! F* u
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
4 i( v. r2 i, p' `1 d( `2 ySafety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
! k& j3 o! M- C0 b$ r. `4 ctheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended+ Y7 ~- t$ h2 w5 j& K/ t
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the) C; a! d- r# \4 ]
automaker’s recalls.2 z' X/ Z2 k3 b$ Z) b
The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A$ }& Y# R7 S4 I+ {5 a
Transportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
2 D% ^+ R9 K: O& K7 U' R4 Sagency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
3 e( _: ?7 z3 N) Kvalidity.2 D0 v. M, e' ^7 X- K6 k( k9 u7 v
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009/ Y7 }, m& Q) s3 D3 y4 n& Y+ W7 ~% J
Matrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at0 F* q$ J7 C) l4 ^- j; \1 j3 |0 a% ]/ a
dealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
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previous complaints." l8 `) [7 Y3 b9 X6 j3 k
“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints4 e+ N$ E6 H3 O7 N- I4 g& E
involving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota. Q) O. [: m4 v4 G# Y. H4 r
spokesman., d7 [4 i8 W6 b- ]
NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
/ d6 q( V2 ?$ e" u! G6 `; junintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52! z- T( J) A9 O3 D/ b0 m
deaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have- Y* P6 @) o# b( r/ F* p
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
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* S' Z6 Y8 n2 R2 q cReported Complaints
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/ }2 @2 i; E3 g4 c ^/ G# f) V2 ?The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the& c) E8 Q- s: d2 L" ~7 U$ Q4 M% `
car was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five- Y' Z. x% Z- w! W
to six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.8 H) @+ ^6 |; X3 r0 t- J2 _. ^/ d
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were, l$ Y) O9 ?/ G" s8 M$ L
at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
8 \) n% b4 Y. F5 [3 z% zincidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
7 b4 w3 s6 O# O) _& X% gThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was5 {3 J8 R! L# s: l: ]6 D% }
completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the4 y6 l2 F0 P8 y1 m# l& D
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.% X9 D+ g! s' C
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
7 J$ R' h. d2 x9 Q2 c6 @0 Tunidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
6 o( P( P8 G/ B1 \/ jdoing it again Mom!’ I put it in neutral, and we both heard the1 @3 g( B5 i5 T7 P7 B' D
engine wind out like I had pushed the gas pedal to the floor.8 w2 p& Z, w* w
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”4 g$ n$ Z- a1 G+ y* p
Toyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two; K( D% ^ r% O2 Y4 s/ r! B0 u
ordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New/ D0 E! O# f3 _7 E# y
York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $341 n5 c) x( N( F3 L( }9 _- a
billion in value since Toyota announced a recall on Jan. 21. |
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