I'm getting the first signs of the shifter lever failure. The lever is difficult to move right and down from the park position. The plastic lever must be bending and about to break. I bought the replacement part a couple years ago in anticipation of this failure. The car has about 76K miles on it. I'm going to do the repair myself, have all the PDF's for removal of the shifter mechanism and viewed the YouTube post to replace the plastic lever. In the video the mechanic stated that STAR is required to have the vehicle recognize the shifter again. I have not seen this in any of the posts. Is this correct? If the shifter is not recognized will I just get a malfunction message on the dash and be able to drive it, or will the car not go into gear. If there is an malfunction message I want to be able to drive it to my Indy to have it reset. Thanks for the help.