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Government Still Hearing Complaints About Fixed Toyotas
by Magdalena Rosova

Associated Press analysis of government data showed that during the past two weeks complaints over sudden acceleration in Toyotas repaired under recalls have nearly doubled. 105 drivers ask in the complaints whether Toyota's repairs will prevent the cars from speeding up on their own or if there is any other problem that cause the sudden acceleration in Toyotas. Toyota said it is sure that the repairs were right and there is no evidence of other problems. However, Toyota did not comment the fact of growing complaints. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration contacted owners who complained about the reparation and found out that several dealers made mistakes ! in applying one of the recall reparation. NHTS has already discussed the issue with Toyota, which will improve its instruction to dealers and describe them in more details. Toyota has recalled totally more than 8 million vehicles worldwide. Since October last year Toyota has received complaints that gas pedals in the cars are sticky and do not work properly. But it seems that some of the cars continue to accelerate on their own even after the reparation. The number of such complaints jumped to 105. Not all of them have already been verified. Many drivers whose cars have problems even after the reparation believe the cars have an electronic problem. NTHSA will call all owners who complained and besides the interviews it will also look at how dealers fixed the cars to find out whether the reparations were done wrong or if there is another problem causing the sudden acceleration.

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