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After several hours of inspection and some preliminary diagnosing the service manager called me back and had come up with two possible causes for the problem. I drove to the dealership shortly after that and after placing die into the motor oil it was found to be leaking from the open port vents on right side of the bottom of the transmission. The possible causes named were either a defective Rear Main Seal or Oil Pan Seal. The Oil Pan Seal seemed to be the most likely culprit so the following day they dropped the front sub-frame, dissassembled the front fascia and pulled the Oil Pan Gasket which was lacking suffecient sealant so it was replaced and installed with the proper amount of sealant.
Several other issues were discovered as the front fascia was removed in order to get access to the Oil Pan, one of which seems to be a potentially dangerous flaw in production. Attached is a reference photo for the location of this flaw
In this area the service tech found what really could cause a major safety issue.
A wiring harness I highlighted in Red which he said controls the Electric Steering was found mashed between a support and a razer sharp corner of the engine block in the area I highlighted in Green. In his opinion if that harness remained where it was normal engine vibration or road movement could have severed the wiring harness which could leave the ZL1 without steering. He said he would be interested to know if this harness was misplaced during production or if other ZL1's have could have this harness placed in the same location.