diff --git a/src/common-components/question-chain/question-chain.vue b/src/common-components/question-chain/question-chain.vue
index 3eacfac34..0b5f45363 100644
--- a/src/common-components/question-chain/question-chain.vue
+++ b/src/common-components/question-chain/question-chain.vue
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
                 :class="(q.questionSequence === currentQuestionNum) && 'current-question'"
                 :questionText="q.questionText"
                 :answers="q.answers"
-                :groupName="`${keyString}-${q.questionSequence}`"
+                :groupName="`question-${glassIndex}-${q.questionSequence}`"
                 v-model="q.answerSelected"
                 @isCheckedChanged="handleAnswer"
                 isRequired
@@ -34,19 +34,16 @@ export default {
     validationRules: String,
     modelValue: Array,
     glassIndex:  Number,
-    keyString: String,
   },
   async created() {
-    // validate form upon create to prevent out of sync / persistent valid states
-    await useValidateForm(); // do a test validation check, without triggering full validation
+    // do a test validation check upon create to prevent out of sync / incorrect valid states
+    await useValidateForm(); // NOTE: needs to have async/await here; tested and won't work without it
 
     this.questionData.map((q, i) => {
-        let answerPair = [];
         const question = {
             questionText: q.questionText,
             questionSequence: q.questionSequence,
             answers: q.answers.map((a) => {
-                answerPair.push(a.nextQuestionSequence ? a.nextQuestionSequence : a.answerResult);
                 return {
                     Text: a.answerText,
                     // Name will either be nextQuestionSequence or answerResult
@@ -65,7 +62,6 @@ export default {
             }),
             answerSelected: q.answerSelected || "",
         };
-        question.answerPair = answerPair;
         if (!q.suppressQuestion) {
             this.questions.push(question);
         }
diff --git a/src/layouts/capability-questions/capability-questions.vue b/src/layouts/capability-questions/capability-questions.vue
index 2d73e20db..cdb38c58e 100644
--- a/src/layouts/capability-questions/capability-questions.vue
+++ b/src/layouts/capability-questions/capability-questions.vue
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
                     :manualHeadline="AlertFewMoreQuestionsHeader" :manualCopy="AlertFewMoreQuestionsCopy"
                     v-bind:isDismissible="false" />
                 <div v-for="(glass, i) in capabilityQuestionsData" :key="glass.key">
-                    <questionChain ref="questionChain" :keyString="glass.key"
+                    <questionChain ref="questionChain"
                         v-model="selectedAnswers[glass.glassLocation + '-' + glass.glassName]"
                         :questionData="glass.capabilityQuestions" :glassIndex="i"
                         v-if="showThisQuestionChain(glass, i)"
diff --git a/src/layouts/molding-questions/molding-questions.vue b/src/layouts/molding-questions/molding-questions.vue
index 91dcf5e40..00e71c917 100644
--- a/src/layouts/molding-questions/molding-questions.vue
+++ b/src/layouts/molding-questions/molding-questions.vue
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
                 <div v-for="(glass, i) in moldingQuestionsData" :key="glass.key">
                     <questionChain
                         ref="questionChain"
-                        :keyString="glass.key"
                         v-model="selectedAnswers[glass.glassLocation + '-' + glass.glassName]"
                         :questionData="glass.questions"
                         :glassIndex="i"
diff --git a/src/layouts/part-questions/part-questions.vue b/src/layouts/part-questions/part-questions.vue
index 9b3e8d144..4906d9526 100644
--- a/src/layouts/part-questions/part-questions.vue
+++ b/src/layouts/part-questions/part-questions.vue
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
                 <div v-for="(glass, i) in partsQuestionsData" :key="glass.key">
                     <questionChain
                         ref="questionChain"
-                        :keyString="glass.key"
                         v-model="selectedAnswers[glass.glassLocation + '-' + glass.glassName]"
                         :questionData="glass.questions"
                         :glassIndex="i"
diff --git a/src/mixins/vin-pages-mixin.js b/src/mixins/vin-pages-mixin.js
index ddda182ba..a7c585b77 100644
--- a/src/mixins/vin-pages-mixin.js
+++ b/src/mixins/vin-pages-mixin.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export default {
             if (!store.getters.applicationUser.savedSessionId) {
                 saveOrder();
             }
-             
+            
             const result = await this.dispatchStoreAction(storeActions.GET_PARTS_OR_QUESTIONS);
             const partsOrQuestions = result.data.partsOrQuestions;