While driving the defective switch easily was moved to “off” shutting down engine, power steering, brakes and disabled airbags.
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Okay.
Your engine, your power brakes and your power steering have shut down.
Pop the car in neutral and begin easing it to the side of the road.
The steering and brakes still work, they just require a bit of extra effort.
I STILL don’t understand why the loss of power brakes and power steering results in so many crashes.
FWIW....I’ve been under the impression that the steering wheel locking mechanism which is part of the ignition switch assembly might have been involved, as well; meaning that at some point the steering wheel could lock up and it would be impossible to steer the car. At 50 mph while approaching a curve......... Think about it.