Just returned from picking up my 2004 Crossfire from the dealer. It found a brand new way to scare the living sh*t out of me. Two days ago as I was making a right hand turn in town my steering wheel seized without any warning. I slammed on the brakes and stopped just inches from a parked car. At first I thought the power steering had quit, but after applying a good healthy yank on the wheel to the left, it broke loose and at the same time the airbag warning light came on!!! So there I am sitting at a 45 degree angle in the street wondering if I'm about to be punched in the face by an airbag if I move the wheel. I carefully moved the wheel through its full range and nothing happened so I decided to risk driving it to a dealer about a mile away. Dealer says "never heard of that one before", but 3 days and $350 later he informs me something called a clockspring, (because it looks like a spring in a clock), which carries the wiring to the airbag and horn broke, causing the steering column to seize. When I yanked the wheel it ripped the wires loose, freeing the steering column. I asked the dealer to report this to the NHTSA because I believed it to be a serious defect. His reply was that he couldn't find any other reports of this happening, and that I was welcome to report it if I felt it necessary. It scares me to think what the result would have been had this happened while on a twisty backroad at 60-70 MPH. As it was I was only moving about 15 MPH and almost hit another vehicle.
I would like to know if anyone else has had this type of experience?

Thanks,
Bob