That’s it! It had an aluminum steering sector. GM was still trying to `iron out the wrinkles’ on front-wheel drive. (Wasn’t the Olds Toronado the first?)
In cold weather the steering would `seize up’. Trying to turn the wheel was like trying give a bull baboon an enema in a phone booth! And lots of other problems I could live with, but the steering was a deal breaker.
I had owned a VW Beetle, and the only `repair’ was replacing the battery—after 9 years.
GM was repairing cars `82 and newer no charge, I believe with a cast-iron sector replacement. I told them I’d never buy another. They can sell them to the Chinee.