GTV6 steering column, turn signal switch

[Joe Elliott <jee@domain.elided>]

I brought my car to school last weekend after the Grand Prix, and now 
my recently-repaired turn signal cancellation has stopped working me. 
This isn't really such a big deal since it didn't work for the first 
three years I owned the car and was only corrected as a side-effect 
of replacing a failed headlight switch.  But it doesn't work today, 
and there is a fair amount of play in the steering column in that I 
can yank the wheel towards myself and push it back.  I also remember 
that half of a fairly thick plastic washer showed up in the footwell 
a couple months ago.  Are these events related?  Should I be worried? 
Is the wheel about to come off in my hands?

Thanks,
Joe Elliott
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