I have an autopilot in my small single-engine GA aircraft and don’t even think about touching it until long after takeoff when I’m comfortably at pattern altitu

I have an autopilot in my small single-engine GA aircraft and don’t even think about touching it until long after takeoff when I’m comfortably at pattern altitude. The reason being I’ve read way too many NTSB reports when the pilot engages the thing 50ft after takeoff, it has a mind of its own and the plane goes careening into the ground. There are “failsafes” built in, for example you can easily overpower it with control forces or disengage it, but that’s one more problem you don’t want to deal with during a critical phase of flight.