turn signals/hazard not working-help!

1st time for me!! yup im a newbe!--anyhow..ive got a 94 grand prix se and the alternator started going south, so i replaced that made the idiot light for the battery symbol go away... but i now am having an issue with the turn signals/flashers not working..my mechanic neighbor helped on the alternator told me it might be a problem inside the steering column after we checked ALL of the fuses of which none were bad...so i put this to all you pontiac whizkids..is there any other fuses in my car up under the dash? or am i going to have to gutt the steering column to get at the turn signal switch box..thanx for any help you send and i gotta say this site is awesome very informative! you guys rock!

Well, in the manual for my 98 it says to check for a bad ground and if thats not it then replace switch.

That probably doesnt help to much for your 94.

if i buy the part new it costs anywhere between 70-100$..so i went to the junkyard and got a switch assembly...looking at the inside of this unit makes me wonder if i can just spray some kind of degreasing fluid inside will it help? still you would think that flipping the switch up and down fast that i would get some kind of juice flowing but it is still dead as a rock..i will go looking for a short or something before i rip apart the steering wheel..i did try wiggling wires and still no luck but thanx for the input anyone else ever experience this???

yea my turn signal switch is startin to go bad...that sounds like what's happenin 2 mine...i need to manually blink the right turn signal and the left is like i have to push it down then rotate it...i kno...i need to replace it...