Hello all you fantastic helpful XF peoples! I have one question for the fix that involves removing the flat spring loaded plate where the spring and pin are removed and the plate is reinstalled. As I understand, this will allow the wheel lock to still function, and the entire fix looks OEM (thereby not invalidating any warranty), all good things!

My question is: Is it (at all) possible this pin that locks the steering wheel might (by hitting a bump of some kind) engage(?), now that a "spring & pin" are removed from the housing????

What keeps the wheel lock pin retracted, is there some kind of cam/lever that will retract that pin, keeping it from accidentally bumping back into place (say while driving)? Very concerned it might pop into a wheel lock position due to a bump, while driving on rough roads, or aggressive turning or acceleration/deceleration.

I am not yet in the position to have to do this repair yet, but I always try to figure out why the dang parts were there in the first place. Every manufacturer tries to save $ by designing something with the least amount of parts. Any parts not needed are $ saved in profit/lower costs/etc etc

I would like to know if anyone knows for sure why the spring and pin are there and what function it was designed to do? Sure would hate to do this mod to my ignition lock assembly (pre-emptive repair to keep it from ever happening) then have it cause a wreck someday.

Or, maybe I am totally confused as to what this repair does in reference to the wheel lock still functioning, and where it is on the ignition lock assembly.