1995 Lincoln Mark Viii

I AM CURRENTLY AN OWNER OF A 1995 LINCOLN MARK 8 AND WANT TO REPORT AN ISSUE I AND MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE WITH THE CAR. HEADLIGHT HOUSING FAILURE: THE DESIGN OF THE EARLY AND MID 90'S LINCOLN MARK 8 HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY POOR. THE HOUSINGS TEND TO TURN YELLOW OR TURN CLOUDY UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, MAKING THE CAR UNUSABLE FOR NIGHT DRIVING. THERE ARE MANY (I SHOULD SAY ALL) OTHERS THAT HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. THERE IS A WEBSITE DEVOTED TO LINCOLN MARK 8 OWNERS, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN COMPLAINTS. HTTP://WWW.MARK8.ORG/LOD/. UNFORTUNATELY, REPLACING THE STOCK HEADLIGHT HOUSINGS ONLY BANDAIDS THE PROBLEM, AS THE NEW HOUSINGS YELLOW AND TURN CLOUDY VERY SHORTLY AFTER BEING INSTALLED. HOWEVER, THERE IS AN EASY FIX FOR THESE MODEL YEARS. STARTING IN 97', THE FORD COMPANY SWITCHED TO THE HID LIGHTING SYSTEM AND CHANGED THE DESIGN OF THE HOUSING, ELIMINATING THE PROBLEM. I BELIEVE FORD KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE SINCE CHANGED THE LENSES STARTING WITH THE 1997 LINCOLNS. I JUST WANTED TO PUT IN A COMPLAINT TO YOU TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE THAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, JIM AYRES

I OWN A 1995 LINCOLN MARK VIII AND THE DRIVING LIGHTS ARE HAZARD. I SAY AT BEST THESE LIGHTS ARE LIKE DRIVING AT DUSK WITHOUT HAVING YOUR LIGHTS ON THAT IS ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE. LINCOLN SHOULD BE FORCED TO REPLACE THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY KNEW OF THE DEFECT AND CHANGED THEM IN THE 1996 MODELS TO HIV LIGHTS. A LOOK AT THE MARK VIII WEBSITE SHOWS THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM... I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WAS DONE ABOUT THIS SAFETY HAZARD.*AK

I OWN A 1995 LINCOLN MARK VIII. THE HEADLIGHTS ARE VERY DIM, WITH VERY LITTLE LIGHT ON THE ROAD. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS AND HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. YOUR SITE HAS 70 COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE. APPARENTLY THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES ARE DEFECTIVE, ALLOWING THE REFLECTIVE MATERIAL INSIDE THE HEADLIGHT TO DETERIORATE. I FEEL THAT FORD/ LINCOLN SHOULD REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES. IF THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU. *LA

HEADLIGHTS TO DIM(NON HID MODEL) MAKING DRIVING AT NIGHT HAZARDES EVEN MORE AROUND CITYS WHERE SLIGHT GLOW IS AROUND SKY MAKEING THE ALLREADY DIM LIGHTS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE CAUSED BY PLASTIC LENS AND PLASTIC DEFLECTORS AGE AND HEAT MAKES LIGHTS YELLOW (YELLOWING ,PLASTIC DEFUSERR ,AND REFLECTOR AND DULL CAUSE BY HEAT PRODUCED) VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON MARK VIII FROM FIRST TO THE 96 ONLY ON THE NON HID VERSION OF THE LSN AND STANDARD VERSIONS HID HAVE NO DRIVING PROBLEMS . *AK