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Swear but don't despair.
If what happened to mine happens to yours, you could try these steps:
1. Cuss.
2. When you turn off your car, make sure the lights are off. In my case, the high beam stayed on all day until the battery died, because of a short in the stalk mechanism. After getting a boost, the light still stayed on even when I removed the #2 fuse. Go figure. But jiggling the dangling stalk finally got the light to go out.
3. Once united tools, take off the small panel over the stalk, then remove the other panel in the way. 2 screws on the dashboard (one under a plastic flip-off thing) and 2 screws under the steering wheel, in my case.
4. remove the wires and the stalk, take it apart if it hasn't flown apart, clean and reassemble. make sure not to lose little springs etc. I found a broken-off metal tab in mine. The case snaps back together but I wrapped wire around it to make it more secure.
5. reattach and try it. check fuse if it doesn't work.
Mine came back to life -- except no high beam. which is fine for now, and for a long time.
vlvworld in montreal had a used one for $20 but you can no longer call them, and they did not respond to email, so I'm afraid I'm done with them. I wanted to know which end of the 5-15 day shipping window for used parts I would experience. Groton has them new for $55 or so.
Just wanted to pass on my experience in case you find yourself holding the stalk like a turkey drumstick.
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