Three problems related to steering have been reported for the 2000 Ford Crown Victoria. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Ford Crown Victoria based on all problems reported for the 2000 Crown Victoria.
I was making a right hand turn at a slow speed (>10mph) when the intermediate steering shaft separated from the lower steering shaft, resulting in a loss of steering.
My wife was on her way home from work and she called me saying that something was wrong with the car. She said it was swaying back and forth on the highway and was very difficult to drive. She made it home and pulled into the drive way. When she turned the steering wheel strait the front driver side of the car hit the ground. When I got home I looked at it and seen that the lower ball joint had come out of the socket. I looked up my vehicle online and seen that I wasn't the only one with this problem. Upon further inspection of my car I noticed there is no grease port to do regular greasing of the parts. As I looked closer to the socket I seen that the socket was completely dry. No grease at all in the joints. As I inspected the passenger side lower ball joint I noticed that is very close to failure also. I bought a new lower control arm hoping it would have a grease port and sure enough it doesn't. There is no way to do regular maintenance on the joints. So this part will have to be replaced over and over. And it is not cheap.
Severe sensitive steering causes difficulty in maintainning vehicle on road while driving. Vehicle wanders across road. Vehicle been in / out of dealer shop on three occasions, and unable to locate cause. Please feel free to provide any further details on this matter.