Sorry for the delay in reply/updates, or clarification. At the time I created these posts, within a short time after logging out, something else serious and pressing arose that commanded my full attention, for the entire rest of the week. Therefore, I was not able to do the battery-disconnect/reconnect test.

So today rolls around and I'm finally able to get out to the car and do the battery-disconnect/reconnect/re-try test - and well - GOOD NEWS!

'Blue' started right up, first try, no hesitancy or issues. All security functions (opening locks/re-locking) are back in order, and no weird or strange signs. So while that's a blessing, obviously good, it brings me to wonder... has this arose shortly before anyone else's SKREEM gave up the ghost for good?

Is this an anomaly or a symptom it's bound to go out permanently soon, an ominous knell? Do I have a fast-approaching date with that most infamous iniquitous of Crossfire psychopomps, the SKREEM-Reaper himself?

Any reports of others experiencing such a quirk, yet weeks, months, or just a few years later the SKREEM fully went kaput?

It conveniently happened to me in my garage, and this is not my primary daily driver, so it's wasn't a big deal. However I'd be sorely on the wrong side of sanity if this should have revealed itself at an inopportune time, say 200 miles from home, in the rain, middle of nowhere, with a body in the trunk, and immediately after having run out of bacon.

With that in mind, should I pull the SKREEM and send it off to Needswings to have them build a back-up anyway? Would they do that for an otherwise "normally" working SKREEM?

The cost is not a big deal to me - I just like things to work and fully invest in the view that two-is-one, and one-is-none. To think a simple item could so totally disable the car is beyond me - isn't that why we all carry a spare in the trunk?