Steering Is Loose Problems of Toyota Yaris

No incident yet. But a constant steering problem from day 1. Steering overly sensitive and needs constant adjustment to drive straight. If adjust too often starts to smoke! can't drive for long because of stress. Every touch on the steering wheel moves the steering! brought to Toyota to repair twice, two different dealers, but only aligned the tires and adjusted the steering tilt--mechanical non-necessary adjustments but no technical repair. Brought to an outside mechanic who said the steering of too loose and needed Toyota technical adjustment (after test driving and coming back with a very overpowering smoke smell!). Gave up on Toyota taking the problem seriously and competently working on my car. Just drive it on short trips around town, and though constant swerving in my lane, no accident yet, thank god. Will rent a normal-steering car for long trips, will never buy Toyota again. Would trade this one in but it was a gift and I like everything else about it, except for the unsafe steering especially above 40 mph and the uncomfortable seat that makes long trips out of the question because of resulting backaches. Main problem in a nutshell: power-steering overcorrects and too loose; needs constant back and forth adjustment in vain effort to drive straight. Thank you for you attention to this serious problem.

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