Three problems related to steering have been reported for the 1996 Ford Crown Victoria. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
#1 - I constantly have my engine light on and during 2 inspections I received a safety/emissions recall printout, defect # dr-1209 for mass air flow sensors. Both times I have taken it to the local dealer and they claimed there's no recall for it. I just noticed on the NHTSA site, that recalls only go back as far as 1999. They also said that since it's no longer a "police owned" vehicle, they wouldn't fix it. # 2 - I have been getting a constant severe fuel smell that permeates through the car which is exacerbated with warm weather and or when the car warms up. #3 - there's a constant issue of the car vibrating when being driven at 55 - 60 mph.
When driving at highway speed the vehicle pulls to the left and it feels as though have no steering power. The dealer is aware of this situation. The problem has not been corrected.
Steering intermittently goes out.