Turn Signals quit

Searched the last 25 pages for someone with this problem... no luck. My wife had diffiiculty getting the steering wheel unlocked the other day, on her '98 Lincoln Town Car. After someone else managed to unlock it, and she drove home, she noticed that her turn signals no longer operate. Push the arm up/down and it will not engage/catch or hold it's position. The signal lights do not engage even if you HOLD the turn signal arm in position. Never experienced anything like this before.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.
Harry
Sarasota Fla

I am neither a mechanic nor the son of a mechanic, but it sounds to me like it's time for a new multi-switch. $$$ But I'm not sure why trying to unlock the steering wheel should affect it. Sometimes, when my steering wheel is tight against the "lock" I have to move it a little to turn the key...same thing with taking it out of "Park".

Thanks for the reply, Bearfoot: Don't know just what the wife's problem was when she could not get the wheel unlocked. Probably just the frustration led to too much effort.

HOWEVER, turns out that during the attempt, thinking that the FLASHER SWITCH may have something to do with it (and not knowing just what it was), she pushed down the FLASHER button on top of the steering column, and must have got it in a neutral position that stopped flasher AND turn signals from operating.

Are you saying "problem solved"? If so, GREAT!!!

Merry Christmas

Stan

F.Y.I. i was reading another thread and my turns did not work either.
the sugguestion was to dribble some wd-40 down the flasher button on top of the steering colume, and exercise the flasher button a bunch of times. being the cheap skate that i am, i tried this first and waaa=laaa it worked !!! i did take the 3 screws out from under the colume and pry the top and bottom halves apart and i lubed the shifter, turn lever switch and ignition switch too. if a drop is good, think what a quart will do ?
thank you so mush for this info. it saved a bunch of $$$$
mike