The headlights are very dim and do not reflect enough light. After my mother could not see the road and ran off and had an accident I installed hid bulbs but still the same problem due to the housing giving very little reflection out to the road.
1995 Lincoln Mark Viii: headlights failing or too dim
93 of the 135 complaints about the 1995 Lincoln Mark Viii describe headlights failing or too dim.
- owner complaints
- 93
- of this car's complaints
- 69%
- typical repair cost reported
- $800
- typical mileage
- 80,257
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 2 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Headlights failing or too dim by model year
What owners say
Tl* the contact owns a 1995 lincoln mark viii. While driving at approximately 15 MPH, the front headlights were dim causing the contact to coast the vehicle off the road. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 179,000.
Dim headlights cause poor street visibility and hit vehicle parked in the street in a dark commercial area. Headlights cannot be opened to service and headlights no longer available to order new. No aftermarket options. Has been using high beams in dark areas.
Headlight lens becomes discolored and no replacement and lens cannot be removed to clean inside. Limits visualization of road and one could hit wild animals crossing the street.
Poor visibility at night due to poor low beam headlights. High beams equivalent to what low beams should be. Have even replaced headlights with used parts with more reflective material intact. Have purchase polishing kits for lens. Lens remains yellowed and scratched, and lighting dim despite use of sylvania silver star bulbs. No new halogen lights available, and use parts are well over 100 a piece, and contain the same defects. Hid kits are $150+. Owner should not be responsible for aftermarket enhancements to vehicle to allow for safe night driving when headlight dimness is due to a defect in the inherent design of the headlights.
Traveling from dallas, tx to athens, al 7:30pm lights so dim I could barely see the road ahead. I have used cleaning kits several times to clean the headlight lens with no results. I also purchased and installed replacement headlight assemblies from ebay with no improvement in the lighting. I have tried several different bulbs with no improvement. This is really a safety problem. I have been lucky so far. ..updated 01/17/2013
Headlights do not illuminate view of the road while driving at night. Most of the time I cannot even tell if my headlights are actually on when I turn the headlight switch. I am forced to use my brights just to see the road in order to drive safely, but this impairs the view for on coming traffic. In addition, conversion kits and labor are expensive, and I should not be subject to pay for an aftermarket modification to upgrade my vehicle when this is a design flaw that violates the driver's safety. In addition, the headlights themselves have been discontinued so when they do malfunction from normal wear and tear you are not able to purchase the headlight or an upgraded version. Furthermore, newer mark viii's (>1996) have a totally different headlight design and do not have this problem, but parts are not interchangable and applying an aftermarket headlight requires precision and expensive body work.
Headlights on my 1995 lincoln mark viii are horribly dim. Driving at night is almost impossible. When it's raining or foggy it's even worse. New bulbs do nothing since the plastic lenses are all yellowed and the chrome reflective material is gone.
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.
1995 mark viii with a recall concerning the headlamps. Customer states that the vehicle can not be driven during the night time due to headlight illumination. Consumer would like to know more about these recalls.
Oem headlight system fails to provide adequate night time visibility which causes concerns in driving at night time due to poor visibility. At this time I am researching prices to replace the lamps or entire assembly and they aren't cheap!
My headlights on my 95 lincoln mark viii are the worst engineered headlights that I have ever seen on a luxury vehicle. They are not bright enough to illuminate the road ahead. I have to use the high beam lights to see down the road and that is not right for on coming traffic because it could cause an accident.
Service bulletins that may apply
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1995 Lincoln Mark Viii headlights
Is headlights failing or too dim a common problem on the 1995 Lincoln Mark Viii?
93 of 135 owner complaints about the 1995 Lincoln Mark Viii (69%) mention headlights failing or too dim. The model year with the most reports is 1993.
How much does it cost to fix headlights failing or too dim on the 1995 Lincoln Mark Viii?
Owners who mentioned a price put the repair at about $800 (median of 12 complaints that include a dollar amount). Costs vary with mileage, warranty and where the work is done.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1995 Lincoln Mark Viii?
There are 0 recalls and 2 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
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