Headlights from factory are too dim to see in the dark.
1994 Lincoln Mark Viii lights complaints
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Headlights have stopped functioning. Dealership informed consumer that this vehicle was not included in recall 98v009000, and has yet to examine vehicle. Please provide any additional information/attachments.
Inadequate lighting from headlights.
The headlights are so dim on low beam you can not see the road. You have to keep them on high beam so you can see.I have contacted numerous auto part dealers and they can not get this item . Its still a dealer item. This is a vey serious problem and you have numerous complaints about it why will ford motor company not acknowledge it?
Headlight lenses are faded so badly you can hardly see the road at night. This seems to be a very big problem with the mark viii. Have heard from hundreds of others with the same problem.
Headlights are very dim at best and makes for hazardous driving conditions espically when rainy or foggy outside. Hard to see with them even on a clear night using low beams.
Headlights did not light up road well enough to see dog in road hit dog craked my bumper killed dog.
Headlights are grossly inadequate for night driving and hazardous in inclement weather conditions. The vehicle must be operated well below normal highway operating speed to compensate for limited forward field of vision.
Inferior light output from headlights. Very poor visibility in bad weather. Serious safety problem.
This problem affects all 1st generation mark viii's 1993-1996 the lighting is dangerously dim. New bulbs do not help. Thats why the 2nd gen cars have new headlight assembly's. If you look through this forum -http://www.markviii.org/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi you will see all of the owners who have problems...it is a well known fact. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I do not have over $1000 to spend on new headlight assembly's. Thank you for your time in this matter.
Low beam headlights have always been dangerously underpowered, especially on rainy nights.
Lighting is not suffient for nightime driving, headlights produce a low, weak beam. Restricts night time driving, especially in seeing pederestians crossing street. Unfornately very dangerous design.
Low beams do not supply enough light to safely drive at night.
The head lamps are dim to the point of not being able to see properly when driving at night and if caught in the rain at night the head lamps are totally useless. I have considered replacing the bulbs with those of a higher wattage but I have learned that because the lenses and the reflectors are made entirely of plastic they will become scorched and produce even less light. Additionally the left (driver's) side lamp is more dim than the right side. I have noticed this same problem on nearly all ford products that are 3 or more years old. The lenses and reflectors in my car are in very good condition and I have installed an extra ground wire to each lamp as well as installing relays for the high and low beams, there was a slight improvement, but the quality of light is not as good as the lights on my 1967 mercury (also a ford product). Ford seems to know well of this lighting deficiency as they came out with a much improved lighting system for the 1996 and newer mark viiis, the units produced for the 1996 car will fit the 1993 and up cars and nearly all of the owners of these cars feel that these lamps should be recalled and replaced with the hid units produced for the 1996 auto. Many owners have replaced the original head lamps with the hid units at their own expense. The cost of replacing the original lamps with the hid lamps is prohibitive for most owners and the dealers have reflected that ford will do nothing unless there is a recall forced upon them. At this time there is no information available to me that would indicate the number of deaths and injuries caused by a driver's inability to see properly at night when driving a 1993 to 1995 mark viii, but as an owner/driver I feel certain that there have been some. In conclusion I and many others feel that ford motor company used untested and poor quality head lamps in what is supposed to be a car of the highest quality. I hope it does not take a series of incidents similar to the firestone / ford explorer
Headlights are not bright enough.
These are the very worst headlights that I have ever tried to drive with! The design is poor. The amount of light produced is limited and the pattern is not defined. The amount of light produced by the high beams is not equal to the amount of light from my wife's 99 nissan altima or my 89 mustang gt on low beams. If the weather is rainy the light diffusion caused by this is extremely dangerous and makes driving in the rain at night, extremely dangerous and hazardous to your health.
Low beam headlights do not put out enough light to safely see during night driving.
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Headlights are very dim. Dangerous to drive vehicle at night.
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Headlights provide inadequate lighting. Unsafe to operate at night, extremely poor lighting even 20 feet in front of the vehicle.
Very low light from headlights. Bulb is bright, not dim but the light cast from the unit is not effective at illuminating the road due to hazing of lens. My lights are aimed according to manufacturer specifications.
From the beginning of owning the vehicle, headlight out put has been too low to see on low beam setting. I must use the highbeams to see in the dark, which disturbs oncoming drivers. All dealers have ever said is, "that's the way the mark viii's headlights are" or, "you can replace the whole lamp assembly and it might improve." that will cost approx. $700-$1000, and won't even ensure that the light output will increase. This defect is very well know by dealers, but we need to get ford to admit the problem and repair it. This was their top-of-the-line model, and the headlights don't even function properly! I've even replaced the bulb assemblies with high-output xenon bulbs, with very little improvement. The only other option is replacing the entire headlamp units. Again, ford, not the consumer, should absorb this cost. I'm sure people have complained about this defect, but am unable to find a recall anywhere. It seems to me that headlights (I.e., being able to see while driving) are just as important a feature as seatbelts. Please advise me what to do. Thank you, steve hart (203) 891-8833.
Bad reflectors & lenses caused dim headlights.
Headlights are way too dim for a luxury car. Buyer beware
Recall 98v-009000, headlights; consumer took the vehicle in for repairs, and the dealer did not have the parts to remedy the problem, dealer did not know when the parts would be available, and has no visibility when driving the vehicle.
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