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This is my first post so please forgive me if I'm in the wrong place or need to post better information.

We got this car for my son to go to college and the power steering has gone out on him while driving 3 separate times. We are very concerned that he'll get injured in an accident or even hurt others if this happens at the wrong time.

We brought the car in for service at a Toyota dealer and they basically said that they really couldn't do anything if it wasn't happening while it was at the dealer. The problem is very random and goes away if we stop and restart the engine so it is unlikely that they can duplicate the issue. Nevertheless we did let them keep it and do a diagnostics check but it didn't turn up issues or reproduce while they had it.

Also, we haven't had any electrical work added to the car and only power steering goes out (not power brakes). This is a 2013 vehicle and the problem first started around October of 2016.

Our plan is to have him try to drive it to a dealership while/if it happens again but our obvious concern is his/others safety if he someone loses control when this suddenly happens.

Has anyone else experienced this and had luck with a service department fixing the issue when it isn't occurring? We are really in between a rock and a hard place.

Thanks in advance.