My eye caught that 350,000 miles on the vehicle, clock spring maybe the only thing wrong with it. Also redundant, just for the radio. Use to use just a slip ring and a brush for the horn only, these multifunction switches rely on precise output voltages so a direct contact is definitely required.
Every time you rotate the steering wheel, that spring winds and unwinds, after 350K miles could break, see used one on ebay in to 30 to 120 buck range, these are complete assemblies, guys buying base model cars wanting to add cruise control just got the spring. These are preowned, I think that means used or even used up.
NickB2 mentioned the air bag, definitely has to be removed, this vehicle is 13 years old, not sure if the airbag circuit has to be manually discharged, somewhere along the years, added a bleeder resistor to it so the only requirement is to disconnect the battery and make dang sure it is disconnected many got broken necks by not doing so.
Something to think about for this minor convenience of operating the steering wheel controls for the radio. Also seem to lack heater, shift, and windshield wiper controls. Wife flunked her drivers test three times by taking her right hand of the steering wheel to manually shift gears. I drove her route maximum rotation on the steering wheel with these new cars was 30 degrees, left or right and effortless with power steering. Idiots in the DMV, I took my test in a 37 Caddy Limo gear shift on the floor, had to roll down the window to signal my turn, right hand off to shift gears, and about a ten turns on the steering wheel lock to lock, but I made darn sure I removed my suicide knob first, but passed my test.
For her to pass, had to buy a vehicle with an AT. Shame on me, still operate my radio with my right hand, not easy to see all those pushbuttons on the wheel, and still can see my radio with my excellent side vision, not taking my eyes off the road.
