Steering Wheel Issue.

[twowheels]

Originally Posted by Twistoffate0817

Hello, Everyday when i let my car sit (and it only happens in the afternoons, NOT in the mornings) the wheel feels extremely loose, and just like i really dont know how to explain it. Like when i go to turn the wheel, it feels like its loose and like very light.

Heres my story: So i would get in my yaris in mornings around 8 am, everythings fine...i get to work and park, and it sits until 4 pm. When i go to use the steering wheel at 4 pm to come home, the steering wheel just feels loose and almost as if i was turning the wheel with it not attatched to anything! But this feeling of it being loose goes away after 5/10 minutes of driving.

I was just wondering if anyone else has had this "feeling" happen to them, and if it sounds normal, or should i have it checked out.

Im sorry i couldnt explain it better!

I seem to remember a statement in the Factory Service Manual or the Owner's Manual that stated that if there was a problem with communications with the electronic power steering ECU that it'd be a bit easier to turn in some cases, though I think it was easier to turn at freeway speeds and harder to turn at low speed, so maybe that's not your problem.