I know, but I'm considering a situation where the electric steering gives up at a very inconvenient moment (accident aversion, overtake, etc.) and the driver cannot provide the required force to correct the car, even with a 100% concentration.

> There's really nothing in the EPAS system that can wear out, maybe the motor itself...

After the whole logging and wearing down flash memory saga, I'm not sure about that. In theory you're right, but in practice "It's a Tesla".