NHTSA Complaint #700620 — 1993 FORD E-150

I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THESE VANS ARE HAVING TROUBLE. THE IGNITION SWITCH SOMETIME WOULD NOT TURN OFF AND I WOULD HAVE TO WORK THE KEY AND ALSO TURN THE STEEING WHEEL BACK AND FOR TO GET THE KEY OUT. I TOOK IT TO A AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER TO HAVE REPAIRED. THEY REPLACED THE SWITCH CYLINDER THEY SAID. ONE WEEK LATER I WAS DRIVING THE VAN AND WHEN I TURNED THE WHEELS TO THE LEFT SOME TIME I WOULD HAVE TO USE FORCE TO GET THE WHEELS BACK TO THE RIGHT. THE WHEELS LOCKED UP AND I COULD NOT TURN THEM WHILE GOING TO BACK UP AND ALSO I COULD NOT GET THE TRANSMISSION OUT OF DRIVE. AGAIN THEY SAID THE CABLE TO THE TRANSMISION HAD BROKEN AND WAS REPLACED. MY QUESTION WHAT HAS TO BE DISASSEMBLED TO REPLACE THE SWITCH CYLINDER AND IF THE STEERING WHEEL HAS TO BE PULLED TO DO SO AND IF DURING REASSEMBLING THAT THE ROD THAT LOCK THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN THE IGNITION IS IN PLACE WAS DISTURBED AND HAS TO BE LINED UP. AND IF NOT PROPERLY ALINED WOULD THIS EFFECT THE STEERING OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE KEY IS IN THE ON POSITION. I AM VERY CURIOUS DO KNOW. IF YOU COULD WOULD YOU PLEASE E-MAIL ME WITH A ANSWER. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE MILES