Past 30 days while driving heard warning chime lasting about 2 seconds. No message visible on dashboard (or disappeared before I could see it). Called dealer and left message related to this issue on Nov 19th.

On 12/18 while sitting in a parked car (0 MPH), vehicle gave a warning chime and message "power steering assist fault." Steering assist had suddenly and completely failed while not moving. Was able to drive car home (about 2 miles) – it required significant physical force, especially for a 70 year old, to control the vehicle when driving at a low speed (no more than 10 mph).

Searched the web and found that others experienced the same issue and there is a recall (14V284) for cars of my year, model and manufactured date dealing with exactly this problem.

I called my dealership and am awaiting a call from their service department (I had the A/C system serviced on Nov 11 that required work on the dashboard – could problem be caused by an electrical connection issue near steering column related to this repair??).

If this is not covered by the recall - it should be. The steering is so difficult without the assist that failure at a higher speed would almost certainly have led to a crash.

Right now, the car is not safely driveable and will be towed to the dealer for evaluation.