Starter Problems of Toyota Yaris

I was driving approximately 20 mph making a left turn when the car abruptly powered down the inside lights, outside lights, heat, etc turned off. The vehicle continued to make loud noises as if I was trying to start the car, but I had taken the key out of the ignition. I then noticed the battery warning light was on and then I smelled smoke. I was stuck in the intersection with the car stuck in park I kept pressing the brake, to shift to neutral but the car wouldn't change gears or even turn on at this point. I continued to smoke and I smelled fire so I grabbed all of my things and exited the vehicle. It was raining and a good samaritan popped the hood and the hard cold rain put out the fire. I waited until a tow truck told the car to the dealer. I was told that the battery and starter caught on fire.

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My Yaris has few miles on it. Last August I tried to start the car by inserting the ignition key and turning it. The starting motor ran, but did not seem to engage the engine. I released the key and the starting motor kept running until I physically turned the key back to the off position. This happened several times between August and December. In December I took the car in for state inspection and asked them to check out the starter. They found nothing, but suggested I should replace the battery, which I had them do. All was well until July 3, 2015 when the same sequence happened again. I tried the starer about 2 hours later and all was well. I feel I can not trust the vehicle to start when I need it.

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Toyota Yaris 2007 was running and the motor shut off. After that situation, no electricity on starter or spark. Toyota dealer said that was a gasoline pump and computer fuse failures. We request Toyota dealer to obtain the pump failure before they replace it, but after they replaced it there was an excused that do not satisfy me.

The contact owns a 2009 Toyota Yaris. When the contact placed the key into the ignition, it became stuck in the start position. The starter did not fully engage the engine to start. The failure could have caused the wheel and starter to burn up. The vehicle has not yet been inspected by the dealer. The failure mileage was 100 and current mileage was 7,500.

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