okay,about a month ago my left turn signal stopped working at a light, and some smoke started coming from the steering column and then the turn signal just stopped working.so i kept driving home and tried it again and it started working again then it stopped and hasnt worked since,alot of people have told me that it is probably my turn signal switch has shorted out,i just want to make sure this is the problem before i buy it cause its like 300 dollars,i have checked all the fuses and the bulb and they are good,so does anyone have any suggestions?and if anyone has changed this turn signal switch before i would appreciate it if someone could walk me through the process,thanks

anyone had this problem