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On flat surface with wheels turned @33 degrees, steering wheel locked up
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Ugh, folks. I knew our fourth Subaru was a middle-of-the-road rated car. The car had about 3k miles. Went to a store and stopped to load it (put about 320 lbs of weight - bagged dirt - in the trunk) on flat surface asphalt. My wheels were turned about 33 degrees to the left. I could not turn the steering wheel to unlock it w/out sweating a lot ... I spent 10-15 mins. fooling around with it. After about 5 more mins. I jimmied the wheel loose and could start the car. What's going on and any suggestions for unlocking the steering wheel faster? 
We had this issue in with a GMC Sonoma in a snowstorm where we drove the car to the bottom of the driveway and turned the wheels. It locked up and it was at a large incline in the mountains of NC. That lockup, I understand. We eventually struggled long enough to get the wheels straightened out ... sounds like the Crosstrek issue but it was on a flat surface and w/3 prior Subarus, this never happened.
We had this issue in with a GMC Sonoma in a snowstorm where we drove the car to the bottom of the driveway and turned the wheels. It locked up and it was at a large incline in the mountains of NC. That lockup, I understand. We eventually struggled long enough to get the wheels straightened out ... sounds like the Crosstrek issue but it was on a flat surface and w/3 prior Subarus, this never happened.
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