The headlights on the early lincoln mark 8s are terrible, the inside of the housing discolors, clouding the lens from the inside and turning the reflective portion orange, brown, or black. These are expensive to replace, ford/lincoln seems to not want to acknowledge that they might be at fault. The headlights are lucky if they are shining at 30% of their designed illumination. Almost everyone witha 1993 through 1996 model has some amount of this failure in their car. Check the lincolns of distinction website, login and ask for a response. You will be surprised at the number of complaints about this one item. Thanks for your attention and concern, thomas mote.
1993 Lincoln Mark Viii lights complaints
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I have always had problems seeing at night in this car and replacing bulbs had no improvement.
Headlights on 1993 lincoln mark viii are very dim and yellow many others have the same problem.will lead to a accident.
Common problem with bad headlights and poor illumination.
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Headlights installed on the ''early'' mark viiis are a common knowledge problem that plagues us all. Most of our [l.c.o.c.] loncoln continental owners club members store their ''viiis'' in the winter as the lights are unsafe even in good weather. Thank you for your involvement . Robert gavrilescu.
The headlights on this vehicle provide very poor lighting. When I drive during the night it is much darker in front of the car than in other cars I have driven before. The only way to drive with good visibility is to use the high lamps, but they are too bright for other drivers.
Headlights are very dim. It is hard to see when driving at night on unlighted roadways.
Lincoln is aware that the early mark viii"s had a problem with headlight systems and changed to "hid" lighting to correct the problem. I want lincoln to recall the early cars to resolve this problem.I was not the owner when the car crashed I have been coping with this problem since I bought the car though, and I know this is a safety problem that needs to be made right! Thank you. Loren peterson.
The headlights are too dim for the car. I've replaced bulbs and even put in 100 watt bulbs. I've even had the lenses resurfaced...poor design of the the headlights causes me having a hard time seeing the road at night and in the rain. Could cause an accident.
The headlight on the vehicle are extremely poor, however I did not relize how poor they where until I almost hit some kids walking down the road. Know my eye sight is perfect but when I can not tell if my lights are on at night it dosn't matter how well I can see.
Headlights display insugnificant lighting which leads to hazardous night time driving.
The headlights on my 1993 lincoln mark viii are the worst headlights I have ever experienced. The light emission from them is way below normal. The headlights are starting to turn yellow. I have had many close calls with deer because of my lack of vision at night and it really scares me to drive in darker areas because I know how insufficent the headlights are. I have to travel back and forth from detroit to the south side of chicago many times and driving at night requires extra specail attension because at highway speeds your limited vision is not enough to travel safely. I have driven many other cars in my lifetime and I have had much cheaper and inferior cars with headlights that make my cars look like a candle flame. Due to the inferior design of the headlight assembly, putting higher wattage bulbs into them will only melt the reflective material inside the assembly. This has to be the most poorly designed headlight system I have ever encountered.
Headlights are inadaquate for night driving. The manufactor indeed improved them for the 1996 model year which indicates they were/are aware of the issue, but stopped short of recalling 1993-1995 with the defect. T night vision is so bad I cannot drive it at night for fear of an accident and have heard of many stories of bad lighting from oter owners.
I have recently hit a deer ran over a racoon and nearly hit about 3 mail boxes. These headlights are like candlesticks. When the road is damp you might as well turn your lights off. The reverse lights on this car are brighter than the headlights. No joking. This car needs the replacement hid conversion that was offered in the same bodystyle in 1996. Thank you for reading this even though it probably wont help. 1993 lincoln mark viii. Scott byram 815‑498‑3682.
The head lamps of this car are small with makes it hard enough to see but they easily turn a yellow color that can't be cleaned. It's very hard to see when driving at night and most of the time I use my high beams. I've almost been hit at least twice, at night, once someone pulling out of parking lot the other time they were making a right turn onto the street I was on, and didn't see my car. The 1996 mark viii came with very good hid head lamps, I beleive all of these cars need to have them.
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The headlight on this vehicle are extremely dim and cause safety concerns when driving at night.
Original headlights were so poor that I paid to upgrade them to the updated hid lighting found on the 96 model year. These original lenses were unsafe, and almost useless when driving at night.
The headlights on lincoln mark viii, year 1993 and on are really bad and it also makes it harder to see at night. If ya think about its not safe!!! I really think that ford should recall all the headlights because im not the only one whos having problems with the headlights!!!
The headlights on this car are the worst I have ever seen. Built for ford by sylvania, they put almost no light on the road and the car us useless at night. Ford changed the headlight design in 1996 and those cars have good lighting. I have contacted lincoln division and they state there is no problem. If there is no problem, why can I not see to drive this car at night? I have three other vehicles that cost less and I can see to drive them at night. I have spoken with other mark viii owners and they all are haveing the same problem!
Headlights (even with new bulbs) are so dim nighttime driving is dangerous. Dealer can find nothing electrically wrong - just a failure of the reflective nature of the light housing over time.
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Headlights are not bright enough, dealer had no remedy. Consumer changed headlights himself to ones made for a 1996, mark, viii lsc, hid headlights.
Headlights are terrible. You cant see anything out of them. The 96 and up marks have hids.
The factory headlight illumintation of roadway is very inferior to other vehicles I have driven at night.
The headlights on the 1993 lincoln mark viii I own are very dim. To the point of almost not being able to drive at night! I came upon a wreck on a straight patch of road and almost douldnt stop because of the dim lights! The plastic cover on the headlights is basically cheap plastic and turning yellow and cloudy causing the light to be trapped inside. Lincoln sold these cars for about $38,500. And need to replace these cheap headlamps before they cause anymore accidents.thanks howard bray.
The head lights are so poor after almost hitting some one I replaced them the new ones arn't any better. This is the worst set of lights I have seen except for my 1929 ford.
The front headlight assemblies for the 1993-1996 lincoln mark viii's are of extremely poor quality with very low light output. This is a known issue with this "first" generation of the mark viii family. Lincoln updated the "second" generation of mark viii's (1997-1998) with a high intensity beam headlamp, that sufficiently increased the amount of light projected from the headlamps. I perform a fair amount of driving on interstate highways in phoenix in the early evening timeframe, at highway speeds of 65 MPH. The low light output of these headlamps on the mark viii makes for what I and many other mark viii owners feel is an unsafe driving condition. Obstacles in the road are difficult to see in a manner that would allow me to safely maneuver around them, should the need arise. Further, while driving through residential areas after dark, the dim light projected from the headlamps does not provide sufficient lighting to safely make myself aware of neighborhood children, pets, joggers, etc. I am very concerned for my safety and the safety of others due to the poor quality of light produced by these headlamps, which are factory installed on all 1993-1996 lincoln mark viii's. I feel it is only a matter of time before myself, my passengers, or a pedestrian will come to harm due to the cars inability to illuminate objects after dark in a manner that is safely expected for all vehicles traveling on the road. Thank you for your time in this matter.
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