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Are Toyota runaways a thing of the past now that the mechanical problems of fat floor mats and grabbing gas pedals have been fixed? The network nightly newscasts have spent an enormous amount of time (ABC 51 min, CBS 53, NBC 49) since the worry about jammed accelerators was catapulted into national prominence last September by the fatal crash of a Lexus in Los Angeles last September, complete with a terrified passenger's cellphone commentary--Hold on! Pray! Pray!--as he hurtled to his death.
ABC's Brian Ross (14 reports) and CBS' Dean Reynolds (10 reports) have led the way and now both report anecdotal evidence that several cars still suffer from runaway acceleration, even after the dealerships' fix. Ross mentioned 16 complaints in his report on Thursday, including the Camry driven by Stewart Stogel, a former ABC News colleague; Reynolds put the number at 60 on Friday: "Toyota pointed out that these new complaints involve what it called 'a tiny fraction' of the more than 1m recalled vehicles its dealers have repaired so far."
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