After starting up the car, the battery charging indicator appears and the steering wheel is complete locked. I've looked in the owner manuel and it say "indicate that the Poly v-belt has broken" How difficult of a job would this be if it is broken?

If the belt was broken you would have GREAT difficulty turning the steering wheel.

Possibly a voltage regulator or alternator failure.

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Lucky it wasnt broken a squirle some how got into my engine compartment and got killed by the belt. This is what caused the poly v belt to come loose. I just bought a new belt and ended up doing the job myself since I did something similar to this with my old Bmw.