Sorry to bust your little bubble, but taking the steering wheel off has NOT one thing to do with the engine skipping...

Start with

Plugs,coil packs I have replaced these coil packs many manyy timesssss

unplug each one while its running an see which one doesnt change any idle or surging.... If you unplugg and the motor boggs, go to the next the one that does nothing that is the cylinder that is skipping, try plug, then coil...Most likely a coil man.,...

and yes I hate these cars, I work on them all the time and are some bigg POS.... Yes I said that due to all the time they are in the shop even at 50k miles...and they smell like crayons!