I had my steering lock fail the same way. how do they figure it is isolated to the touring?
In my case, the dealer supplied the wrong part based on the vin. They sent the lock for the auto trans which has a connection for the shifter position cable, which is deleted in the manual setup. Heads up to others with this issue.
I will be calling my local dealership to see if I have a case.
... dealer just called back. No open recalls on my car. Nothing in the system regarding a steering lock.