Thanks for your informative post.

I LOL'd at Scahpe's post. Too bad I had a sip of coffee in my mouth when I did read though, I think he owes me a new keyboard.

That is in a word "outstanding!"

Houston...JULY....in an above-ground parking garage...

If you check your owners manual you will see that the electric power steering is subject to overheating and if such occurs will operate in degraded mode, apparently SEVERELY degraded mode.

And then being forced to "man-handle" it to get it down to the first floor would probably have put a permanent "twist" in the torque tube making it totally disfunctional. Just where is the "CHIP" (power transistor{s}) located..??

Was the second floor open to sunlight..??

Goes to show you that maybe the extended warranty is not such a bad idea with all these electronic components. I wonder if you could source a used one if you were out of warranty?