1998 Lincoln Mark Viii visibility problems

Filed Feb 4, 2016 · Suspension, Visibility · WI

I've had this gem since 2010, bought with 30,000 miles...now has 104,000 miles. It was great until 2014. Where do I start? (1) no heat- broken blender door actuator...manually set it to the warm setting for the winter behind glove box. (2) driver's door handle snapped last year(replaced for $100)...and now this year the passenger side snapped. (3) doors are constantly "ajar", alternating from one side to the other. (4) ball joint is starting to wear badly, (5) driver's seat won't recline, (6) steering wheel won't move forward/backward anymore, (7) suspension is starting to go...front end lowers to ground after shutting down engine. I'm sure there's more that I can't think of.

Filed Sep 14, 2011 · Visibility · 49,789 miles · MN

The heater will not blow hot air, no defroster, can't see out of windshield.

Filed Feb 23, 2009 · Visibility · 23,000 miles · TN

Weather change. Heater blend door will not open. No defroster or heater in winter weather causing problems with seeing out windshield and hypothermia. I've had fixed twice at a cost of $900 each time. On any forum dealing with the mark viii it is a continuing problem caused by a defective part. It should be a manufacturer's responsibility to replace defective parts which cause traffic hazards, I.e., failure to defrost due to blend door not opening. Part is less than $10, repair is labor intensive.

Filed Jul 2, 2008 · Visibility · 24,775 miles · CA

Tl*the contact owns a 1998 lincoln mark viii. While backing out of the garage, the contact could not see through a small portion of the driver side door mirror. Approximately two weeks later, the contact could not see out of the entire mirror. There were no recalls for this failure. The speed was unknown. The current mileage was 24,875 and failure mileage was 24,775.

Filed Dec 13, 2007 · Visibility · 85,500 miles · IL

The blend door that controls the heat and air conditioning has stopped working and has rendered my heating / cooling system dysfunctional. This seems to be a widely known issue for this car (1998 lincoln mark viii lsc) - it poses a dangerous and tangible threat to safety considering heat will not work to defrost the windows and front windshield.

Filed Nov 16, 2005 · Visibility · MD

Continuous problem with heater-A/C blend door failure resulting in lack of defogging of windshield and poor visibility. Especially dangerous at night in changing outside temperature conditions. This failure has been reported to your offices many times in the past 5 years with lincoln and ford vehicles . The cost of repair is between $500-$2000 dollars. Ford has apparently made changes to strengthen the blend door lever but refuses to admit design failure nor will warrant the item. The federal safety agency has yet to take any action on the consumer's part. We are the public and your charter is to provide support to us, not the auto maker.

Filed Jan 25, 2005 · Visibility · 56,200 miles · CT

Heater/AC blender door-doors,fail to operate and or have "no" tempeture control,resulting in poor visiblity.fogging etc,lack of defrosting and or a cold driver..see previous 768368,768427,768529,768796,768173.7689173,769183,769959,10003517,10005626,10023956,10075009,and now mine ! The only thing that changed is the cost of repairs by the dealer has gone up. I have a written estimate for( the dash has to be removed) $680.00 labor.. Parts as found/ to be $38.00,,$68.00,,$5.00,,$35.00 and than maybe $350.00 more for a plemum.. ($1,176.00) I understand that ford has replaced the parts with better versions as to materials that with stand the different temperatures it is subject too.this apparent lack of action by the federal safety agency is cause for concern as to your uninterest in the public safety not knowing how many other vehicles are out their with this hazardous defect. Help us,protect us ,,thank you.

Filed Jun 8, 2004 · Visibility · 65,639 miles · IL

Electronic temperature control failures prevents windshield clearing when internal to external tempertaure differential fogs the glass. Blend door fails on a significant number of lincoln mark viii models. Mine happens to be a 1998. *ak it's bound to lead to accidents

Filed Jan 5, 2004 · Locks, Visibility · 74,000 miles · NC

At different times the door ajar indicator will come on. This causes the interior lights in the vehichle to light up and is extremely hazardous at night. Often times it will switch from the drivers door to the right passenger door and on occasion will indicate both.(one goes out and the other starts) this also causes the alarm system to engage. When I exit the vehicle, if sensors indicate that one of the doors is still ajar, the alarm activates intermittently.

Filed Feb 10, 2003 · Visibility · MD

I have been reviewing the file on lincoln mark 8's '97 & 98 and noticed that there were at least 10 complaints about the ventilation/heating/A/C blend door problem with this car. How many complaints does it take until you do something about it???? This is not only a very expensive repair to make, but failure, which can happen without warning, results in windshield fogging and inability of the system to clear the windshield . The lincolns of distinction club, which supports mark 8's have had over 30-40 failures to date, some repeatedly. We now found that this failure happens in lincoln town car/ taraus, etc, and that ford has recently changed the replacement part designation. This strikes us as an acknowledgement that they are aware of the problem, but don't want to belly up to the bar and admit it . Can't your offices do anything or is this just a waste of our time trying to get a government agency to move on something that they claim they want to assist but ends in frustation of the citizens who take your charter seriously?.