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Doug Miller - 11 Mar 2008 02:58 GMT

The entire assembly -- turn signal stalk, wiper stalk, emergency flasher
button, ignition switch, shroud, and the metal bracket all that stuff mounts
to -- is loose. It rotates about 1/4" counterclockwise when I press the stalk
down to signal a left turn, and returns to the normal position when I release
it. This is a 99 SL2 with a tilt steering wheel. Any ideas?

In a related issue, I tried to remove the shroud in an effort to see why this
assembly is loose, but I can't get the lower half of the shroud off because I
can't get the lock cylinder out of the ignition switch. According to the
manuals I have, there's supposedly a square release button on the top of the
ignition switch... nope. Not that I can find.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

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Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

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Wordsworth - 11 Mar 2008 03:40 GMT

>The entire assembly -- turn signal stalk, wiper stalk, emergency flasher
>button, ignition switch, shroud, and the metal bracket all that stuff mounts
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>
>Any assistance would be appreciated.

My '01 SC2 has the exact same problem and I've been just living with
it.

Anyway, if your '99 is anything like my '01, there's an escucheon (the
round plastic thingy, has the "lock" "start" etc labels printed on it)
around the lock cylinder that should just pop off -- you might need to
pry it a bit, but l it isn't too difficult to remove.
Then remove the 5 screws from the bottom of the shroud (you'll need a
VERY thin-walled socket for two of them) and you should be good to go.

Let me know how you do with it as I've been wondering if it's worth
trying to fix mine.

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Doug Miller - 11 Mar 2008 13:46 GMT

>>The entire assembly -- turn signal stalk, wiper stalk, emergency flasher
>>button, ignition switch, shroud, and the metal bracket all that stuff mounts
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>My '01 SC2 has the exact same problem and I've been just living with
>it.

How long has it had the problem, and how long have you had the car?

>Anyway, if your '99 is anything like my '01, there's an escucheon (the
>round plastic thingy, has the "lock" "start" etc labels printed on it)
>around the lock cylinder that should just pop off -- you might need to
>pry it a bit, but l it isn't too difficult to remove.

Thanks -- I'll give that a try. I thought that might be what I needed to, but
I was reluctant to pry at it too hard, for fear of breaking it.

>Then remove the 5 screws from the bottom of the shroud (you'll need a
>VERY thin-walled socket for two of them) and you should be good to go.

Yep, I found that out already!

>Let me know how you do with it as I've been wondering if it's worth
>trying to fix mine.

Will do. Thanks for the tips. If anyone else knows more about this than either
of us do, please chime in!

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Wordsworth - 11 Mar 2008 22:00 GMT

>>>The entire assembly -- turn signal stalk, wiper stalk, emergency flasher
>>>button, ignition switch, shroud, and the metal bracket all that stuff mounts
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>Will do. Thanks for the tips. If anyone else knows more about this than either
>of us do, please chime in!

I've had the car since it was new... delivered in September 2000.
The problem has been there for probably a year or so, but it hasn't
become worse, so I've left it alone... it is a bit annoying, though.

You shoudln't really have to "pry" the escucheon off, you should be
able to pull it right out.

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