Fuel Hoses Lines/piping And Fittings problems of the 2007 Toyota Yaris

Four (4) failures for the same reason, car stops running, runs out of gas even though the gas panel shows three and four lines of gas available. The car has stopped running in the middle of the road while traveling with kids. Was taken to the Toyota dealer in Feb 2008 and they claim they replaced the fuel system. After 2008 the car has had the same defect and has stopped in three (3) different occasions. It has been towed four times. I will pursue legally against Toyota if I have to do so.

On 6/1/10 my 2007 Toyota Yaris would not start and after a few tries I found gas pouring from the area below the gas tank. This only occurred when the starter was running and appeared to come from a leak between the fuel pump and the engine. I then called lexington, MA Toyota and they arranged to have a tow truck pick up the car and take it to their garage. Toyota then called to say that the problem was a break in the fuel line from the fuel pump and that they would have to order the part and it would take about a week before we would get the car back. They also said that the failure was not covered by the vehicle warranty. We have had the Yaris four years and it has about 9000 miles on it. When I read the warranty description in the Toyota manual it says that the fuel pump, seals, and gaskets in the power train are covered for 60 months and 60,000 miles and none of the warranty exceptions applied. I question Toyota's conclusion that this failure is not covered by the warranty and appeal this decision. The gas line was clearly abraded which could have happened before, during, or after manufacture. They claimed that the abrasion had been done by an animal in my garage but, 1) the car is stored in a closed garage, 2) there has never been any evidence of animals in the garage, and 3) animal damage is not among the list of excluded conditions. Further, had the gasoline caught fire both the car and house would probably have burned. I regard the use of an unprotected plastic tube in a critical fuel line as a design error and Toyota's responsibility.