Ignition Problems of Toyota Yaris

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Yaris. The contact stated that the key failed to turn from the on position to the start mode. The failure occurred several times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 102,000.

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Normal driving occasionally causes the ignition key, key tumbler and surrounding metal cylinder to become very hot. This is occurring in a brand new 2010 Toyota Yaris that only has 200+ miles on it. The Toyota service department said they can find nothing wrong . It has happened twice in the month that I own the car and did not happen when the car was at the service dept. They said the voltage was within specifications and that it's normal to get a hot ignition key and tumbler. The car was not in the sun . I don't believe it is normal. I'm concerned about a fire starting. I've been driving for many years and have never had this car problem before.

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In April of 2010 I was driving down the highway when my depressed gas pedal went to the floorboard with no acceleration and the check engine light came on. I was able to merge into the emergency lane and after turning the ignition off and back on it resolved itself. This happened several more times over the following week in various locations at various speeds. I took the car to the Toyota dealership I had purchased it at just 2 years prior & was told that I needed an updated engine harness. Since my car was 2000 miles out of standard warranty & electrical issues are not covered by powertrain warranty this repair was to cost me $1200. A mechanic friend of mine went to the dealership & asked why this was not a recall since a 2-year old vehicle should not require such repairs & how he may go about obtaining the part to save some cost to me. He was told that there were not enough issues for this to be considered for recall & that the part could only be purchased through the manufacturer an &placed by the dealership. Since the money was not available, I chose to not have it replaced at that time. . In the 2 years since the problem was diagnosed I was only noticing this problem about once every 3-4 months. Then this week all of a sudden it began again & has been a consistent problem on a daily basis. Not only does this happen multiple times per day but it takes several attempts at shutting the engine off & restarting before it resolves & will repeat immediately after putting the car in gear. I have been stuck in intersections, pulling out of parking lots, & on the highway & do not understand why this is not considered a severe safety issue. After contacting the dealership once again I was told to bring it back in for another diagnostic for which they are going to charge $85. I feel this is ridiculous and only bought this car because of Toyota's reputation.

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