'96 crown vic driver side door handle feels loose, is there a spring in it ? or does the whole handle have to be replaced?

so left front blinkers fail or not.????? other shoe drops.
fuses blown
wires a mangled LR
lamp socket there a mess.
trailer hitch wires hacked in hear still a mess as all hacks are.
grounds to LR is bad or rusty or mangled wires ground.

I'm assuming all the door locks work, (lock and unlock). I know it's a silly sounding suggestion but have you tried going to the passenger side and reaching across the vehicle? When you work the handle does it feel like its trying? Is it still spring loaded? Or is it just loose and floppy? The more common reason for a door handle to fail is one of the linkages inside the door panel has broken. Most of the connectors are plastic so they can snap. On a vehicle this new It could be a linkage thats just worked loose. You'll have to strip the whole door card off the inside of the door to hunt out whats going on. It'll probably cost you the skin off at least one knuckle doing this.

There may be a spring on the door handle that keeps it tight against the stop. This spring may be broken.

the power lock in that door may have broke the rod. remove the door panel to inspect its operation and replace the necessary part. hope this helps

Easy. Does your Vic have a five number keypad above the driver's side exterior door handle? If so the you got key-less. If not, you do not.

You'll need to remove screws that are by the door handle, arm rest, under door and side of door and then gently pull back on the panel as there will also be retaining clips attached and you don't want to break them. If needed, you can pull back the weather seal (can't reuse it, but it's not that important) and you will be able to access everything inside the door

Depends on what door trim you are trying to replace. If you are trying to replace the door trim on the front doors you need to remove two screws from behind the casing around the door handle and then remove a screw from the bottom left of the door and then there will be a screw on the left of the door as high as the arm rest on the door. Finally pull up on the door panel and out to remove the panel. Remove the harnesses and you are complete.

If you are trying to remove the rear doors you need to remove a screw from the bottom of the door again near the left side then remove the screw from behind the casing that surrounds the door handle. Finally pull up on the door panel and out to remove the panel. Remove the harnesses and you are complete.

normally you have to loosen the track and it comes out as one whole assembly stop by a dealer in the parts department and ask them to print out a diagram or show them the part you are having the problem with

first of all if you have the new mirror off of a crown vic or grand marquise there is nothing to worry about wiring because you have to take the door panel off and once off all you have to do is plug in the new mirror the same way you took the old one off

you need to jack that side of the engine up. take the right side motor mount bolt loose then jack the engine up from underneath. be sure to use a block of wood or somthing so you dont bust the oil pan