1994 LINCOLN MARK VIII Complaints

LOW AND HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS ARE BOTH DIM, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *JB

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS DO NOT GIVE ENOUGH LIGHTING. CONSUMER HAS TO DRIVE WITH HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS ON. *AK *SCC

THE HEAD LAMPS ON THIS VEHICLE ARE UNACCEPTABLE. THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT DISCHARGED FROM THE LAMP IS EXTREMELY LOW AND INEFFECTIVE. DRIVING DURING NON-LIGHT HOURS IS DANGEROUS AND HAZARDOUS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE PEDESTRIANS, AND OTHER OBJECTS IN THE ROAD. I AM FILING THIS REPORT WITH HOPES THAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE ADJUSTED BY POSSIBLY UPGRADING THE LIGHTING SYSTEM USED ON THE VEHICLES. THANK-YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND UNDERSTANDING OF THIS MATTER.*AK

NIGHT TIME DRIVING IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THE HEADLIGHTS SO NOT PUT OFF ADAQUATE ILLUMINATION TO SAFELY MANEUVER THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE OWNED 6 LINCOLNS IN THE LAST 5 YEARS ANAD STILL OWN 3 AND THIS IS THE ONLY PROBLEN I HAVE AHD WITH ANY OF THEM INVOLVING SAFETY. I ALMOST HIT A JOGGER THE OTHER MORNING BECAUSE OF THE DIMLY SHINING HEADLIGHTS. PLEASE LETS DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE IT ENDS UP IN A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINT AN OTHERWISE WONDERFUL CAR AND MANUFACTURER. I HAVE ANOTHER MARK VIII A 98 MODEL AND THE LIGHTING IS WONDERFUL.HELP US TO CONTINUE TO ENJPY OUR LINCOLN PRODUCT. *AK

HEADLIGHTS ARE OF A VERY POOR DESIGN, AND DO NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT LIGHT FOR SAFE OPERATION OF VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER DOES HAVE AN UPGRADED HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE LIGHTING SYSTEM USED ON 1996 LSC MODELS THAT COULD BE RETROFITTED TO PREVIOUS YEAR MODELS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT THAT THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF BUT HAS NOT VOLUNTARILY ADDRESSED. *AK

THE CAR HAS INSUFFICIENT LIGHTING AND I HAVE ENCOUNTERD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS AS A RESULT. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THE LIGHTING IN THESE VEHICLES WAS NOT OF POOR DESIGN. A DEER IN THE ROADWAY COULD NOT BE SEEN DUE TO THE LACK OF SUFFICIENT LIGHTING WHICH CAUSED OVER 3K IN DAMAGE TO MY CAR. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS PRIOR TO THIS INCEDENT.*AK

HEAD LIGHTS ARE DIM AND DANGEROUS FOR NIGHT DRIVING. MOST TIMES YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOOK HARD TO SEE IF YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON. CHECKED WITH DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE LENSES WERE CRACKED ON THE INSIDE. YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT THE LENSES ARE DULLED ON THE OUTSIDE AND THE REFLECTORS ON THE INSIDE ARE ALMOST ALL GONE. I CLEANED THE OUTSIDE LENS WITH A WINDOW CLEANER AND SPRAYED SOME CLEAR POLYURETHANE ON THEM. IT CLEARED THE LENSES BY THE REFLECTORS ARE STILL NOT PROJECTING.

I BOUGHT REPLACEMENT HEADLIGHTS FROM FORD LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF YELLOWING HEADLIGHTS, BECAUSE I COULDN'T SEE AT NIGHT. I AM HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN (CAN'T SEE AT NIGHT) WITH THE REPLACEMENT LIGHTS THAT THEY SENT ME AND THEY WERE ORIGINAL OEM PARTS. *AK

HEADLIGHTS HAVE BECOME DIM TO THE POINT OF BEING DANGEROUS. DEALER ADVISES THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY MUST BE REPLACED, AT A COST OF $600. PROBLEM APPEARS TO STEM FROM POOR DESIGN, WHICH RESULTS IN LENSES BECOMING PERMANENTLY CLOUDED OR DISCOLORED. DEALER'S MECHANIC REFERENCED UV RAYS AS POSSIBLE CAUSE. THE MANUFACTURER MUST HAVE BEEN AWARE THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD BE OPERATED OUTDOORS - AND, THUS, SUBJECT TO UV RAYS - YET, THERE IS APPARENTLY NO EASY SOLUTION TO THIS DANGEROUSLY LOW LIGHT LEVEL PROBLEM. UNIT SHOULD BE RECALLED BECAUSE OF RESULTANT HAZARDOUS CONDITION.*AK

HEADLIGHT SYSTEM IS EXTREMELY POOR IN DESIGN AND LIGHT OUTPUT. WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT, ITS ALMOST LIKE HAVING NO LIGHTS AT ALL. *AK