Headlight housings reflective surface no longer reflective and plastic lenses on front of housings have become foggy. Light output with low beams is hardly more noticeable than driving with just parking lights. This makes for very poor night visibility due to severe degradation of oem headlamp system and that this makes night driving dangerous if not impossible with out some sort of aftermarket lighting system or oem replacements which will soon fail and cause the issue all over again. This is clearly a defect in workmanship and/or design flaw and ford/lincoln/mercury needs to fix this issue with the 93-95 mark viii's with halogen bulbs systems before accidents are caused, lives lost and class action lawsuits begin.
1994 Lincoln Mark Viii lights complaints
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The headlights on my 1994 lincoln mark 8 are totally unacceptable in quality and performance. These are without a doubt the worst oem lights ever produced. They are dangerous due to their terrible light output and defective construction!! Lincoln will not stand behind their product and does not produce replacement part for this car. This car hes become undriveable at night due to the defective construction of the oem light housings! This is unacceptable! Please take the appropriate action!!
Poor night drive ability due to poor oem design of headlight system. Lights get faded over time and the interior reflector material bakes off. Convert to a newer hid system is a very viable solution .
Headlights, make driving at night near impossible and I won't even try when its raining.ive replaced them but they dullout.
Headlights are "yellowed" and low beams are practically useless.
Tl*the contact owns a 1994 lincoln mark viii. The plastic lens on the headlights are corroded. The contact stated that the lines on the road and curbs are not visible at night; yet, oncoming drivers are able to see him. In 2000, the dealer stated that they would replace the headlight assemblies for $520. The headlights were sanded down with an electric drill and sand paper by a service station mechanic, which was an improvement; however, the contact has to drive with the high beams activated. The current mileage was 160,000 and failure mileage was 80,000. Updated 3/4/08
Cannot see road during nighttime due to poor headlights.
Dt*: the contact stated the vehicle's high and low beams of the headlights dimmed drastically. A recall was put out #98v009000 which pertained to the exterior lighting headlight switch. The vehicle was not included in the recall due to the VIN. An independent repair shop replaced the switch on the vehicle but the problems persisted. 08/19/06 updated.
Head lights on my 1994 lincoln mark viii are very dull. This is do to the reflective shield pitting. Lincoln acknowledges the problem but will not fix it. There are numerous complaints from across the country on this problem.
Faulty headlight lenses they get yellowed and burn from the inside which makes visibility at night very poor. When the headlights are on you cant even tell that they are on and it is even worse in the rain.
Headlights on 94 lincoln mark viii, extremely poor, can't tell low beams from park lights...
My 1994 lincoln mark viii headlights have suffered extreme dimming due to some defect in the lenses. This is typical of all mark viiis.
Poor visibility from the headlights on the 93-95 lincoln mark viiis trouble seeing at night on un-lit streets, or country roads.
Low beam headlights on 1994 lincoln mk viii are so dim that the road marking lines can not be seen directly in from of the car. I have to run with high-beams at night in order to see anything.
I have a severe problem with my lincoln mark viii. The headlights are becoming severely yellowed and I cannot drive at night without the brights on. It has on several occasions caused me to cease traveling at night because of the strain it puts on my vision. I have had several incidents, thankfully without injury or damage where the dull headlamps are to blame. I have attempted to fix this by purchasing expensive replacement bulbs and even installing aftermarket lamps but the lens is to blame, not the bulb or lamp. This is obviously a matter for ford to fix. I purchased this vehicle new and have had it ever since.
Dt*: the contact stated while driving at night the headlights have very poor visibility, whether the lights are on bright or dim. The lens cover on both headlights are yellowed and scratched. The dealer stated this is normal for this type of vehicle.
Headlight degradation have had severe loss of brightness and unable to see at night because of yellowing and loss of reflecting material in the headlights.
When im driving my 1994 lincoln mark viii at night I can't see with my defective headlights.
The headlights on my 1994 lincoln mark viii headlights are inherently defective. Deteriorating to the point of uselessness. Even when replaced with new factory replacements this deterioration process happens again. I finally had to replace mine with 1995 lincoln mark viii lsc headlights that are hid headlights these are of different design and are superior to the standard headlight design. These hid headlights cost over 1200.00 dollars to purchase.
The headlight are very bad. Especially during the rain or at night. I think that all the lincoln mark viii's from 93 to 95 should get the hid headlights that the 96 has.
My 1994 lincoln mark viii head lamps are clouding, and I have a horrible time with nighttime visibility due to barley any light coming out of my headlamps. I went to the nearest lincoln dealer and they said to buy mcguigers plastic polish and it should take the cloudiness out, but it didn't. Sometimes even in normal conditions I have to drive with my high beams on to be able to see.
1994 lincoln mark viii. Headlights are faulty and unsafe for night driving, as they lose their reflective ability after a few years. Ford wants $500.00 for replacement parts only.
Headlights are inadequate and are very dangerous at night. I can't see with low beams and can barely see with high beams.
Poor night visibility due to sever degradation of oem headlamp system and that this makes night driving dangerous if not impossible with out some sort of aftermarket lighting system or oem replacements which will soon fail and cause the issue all over again.
1994 lincoln mark viii head lights so dim I can not drive at night safely. I worry about hitting some one walking on the side of the road.
Excessive yellowing of headlight lens to the point where headlights are virtually useless at night. Has nearly cause several accidents due to poor visibility.
Defective headlights: after a couple of years, the head lights on my lincoln mark viii because very dull looking. You can hardly see any lights one during the night. I constantly drive with my brights on and it still hard to see. When I have my regular light on, it like driving through the neighborhood with a candle as my light.
My headlights have turned grey and are incredibly unsafe! I own a 1994 mark viii, and virtually all these cars have this problem. Please recall them - they cost $300 apiece!
1994 lincol mark8 has poor headlights/design. Difficult to see roadway at night. Assembly was replaced which temporaly help, but they are failing again. Very little light is projected to roadway.
The headlights on the 1993-1996 lincoln mark viii become unusable due to poor headlight bucket design. Please see attatched web address for more ormation. ://web.wt.net/~houtex/marklights.htm.
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