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

CASH$$$

By Jeff Green and Margaret Cronin Fisk
March 2 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration received four reports from drivers saying
: i! b  j- W) v0 J' I& Ntheir Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles experienced sudden unintended
acceleration after they were supposedly repaired in the
automaker’s recalls.
' _9 e0 X* a6 [0 `The reports were posted on the regulator’s Web site. A
- T: |: w- |' L/ N" UTransportation Department spokeswoman, Olivia Alair, said the
; H3 [  \; q$ h$ d% Magency is looking into the complaints and hasn’t confirmed their
3 I2 |; ]' A+ k0 G5 \validity.
The complaints were about a 2007 and 2010 Camry, 2009
8 a  x$ G2 y7 {9 nMatrix and a 2008 Avalon that owners said had been repaired at
8 R2 R: f) K" S, f8 J( J% Sdealerships. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles
+ U# z0 X- P$ T, I6 Xglobally to modify floor mats and accelerator pedals because of
' T% g5 T! p/ c9 h  cprevious complaints.
' z' b- r! d9 l9 v# C. B4 s$ m, v“We will continue to thoroughly investigate any complaints
+ v. v( `: @% H# P! O" S/ ginvolving unintended acceleration,” said Brian Lyons, a Toyota
spokesman.
% j( m( _9 P( ]0 q7 }NHTSA said today that Toyota crashes possibly linked to
unintended acceleration have caused 43 fatal crashes with 52
8 o: C5 l* K9 x  y2 _" M# kdeaths and 38 injuries. About two-thirds of the incidents have
been reported since Toyota started recalling vehicles last year
for unintended acceleration.

  v5 F+ g) }) R7 N2 A, qReported Complaints
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The owner of the 2010 Camry wrote in the complaint that the
5 k5 W/ G6 t3 n9 Z2 |- Jcar was repaired Feb. 12 and accelerated unexpectedly for five
$ @' p9 g3 `2 ^+ s/ Hto six seconds as the driver entered a parking lot on Feb. 17.
The owner of the Avalon and 2007 Camry said their vehicles were
# Y+ V/ F; Z, h3 j' x. P8 l2 u9 {at the dealership for review after having repeat accelerations
incidents that were supposed to have been repaired earlier.
0 n- j+ j5 i9 G. mThe owner of the 2009 Matrix said the recall work was
: |& I% V  H, E' I# ?completed Feb. 10 and on Feb. 26 the car moved forward with the
driver’s foot on the brake in a parking lot.
“I put my other foot on the brake as well,” the
unidentified woman wrote in the complaint. “My son said ‘It’s
& }, e0 u; T' ?  ]9 e. Pdoing 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.
This obviously means the recall ‘fix’ isn’t working!”
. `* F- \4 G' i# FToyota’s American depositary receipts, each equal to two
6 w9 F7 U" p# L) y3 U7 l+ vordinary shares, rose 78 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $74.42 in New
4 Z+ i) N7 g+ r: [# @. D! ~York Stock Exchange composite trading. The shares have lost $34
' T% P; F, N) s8 Sbillion 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。
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。
; M5 t: p4 E2 a) Wpchell 发表于 2010-3-5 23:10

: q8 s" W$ q- ~# e- Q. @5 G现在camry又有新recall了：
8 {* [* v- R* z2 r
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