Consumer Complaint Detail

LINCOLN / MARK VIII / 1995

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000089148 Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970
Consumer's City: HOUSTON Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: MARK VIII Model Year: 1995
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Exterior lighting:headlights
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1LNLM91V8SY Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 26 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 31 1999
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Main beams are extremely dim, and high beams are adequate for normal driving, which is completely wrong, of course. ford apparently has a "fix" that we can purchase for about $900 in parts, they are called hid head lamp assemblies. this problem is vehicle design wide for generation 1 mark viii years 1993-1996. some late gen 1 mark viiis were lsc models and they came with the hids. there is a proceedure, and many documents, regarding this issue at www.markviii.org, their forums are littered with the issue. thank you for your time. *ak