| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000093261 | Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970 |
| Consumer's City: HERNANDO | Consumer's State: FL |
| 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#: 1LNLM91V4SY | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 21 2002 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jan, 31 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: My complaint on these headlights is the lack of good lighting. unlike other owners, my lights have not yellowed nor has any of the reflective material peeled inside the housing. these lights plain suck. ford/lincoln saw fit to equip the lsc models of the mark viii (1995-1996) with hid lighting systems, while the base model mark viii from 1993-1996 used standard halogen lighting. the halogen lights are about as effective as a candel in a hurricane, and in my opinion and the opinions of other owners creates a very real hazzard for night time driving. 1997-98 mark viii had hid lights on all models, and the housings are a bit larger, which leads me to believe that they knew the standard halogen lights were a bad design from the beginning, and waited 4 years to correct the problem. sylvania, the manufacturer of the headlight housings is just as much to blame as ford/lincoln for the flaws in these units. knowing the halogen units are as inneffective as they are, the hid lights should have been standar equipment on all models, and should have been a warranty upgrade for all cars not so equipped from the factory including the 1993-94 models as well as the 1995-96 models. this is not ford bashing, i am a ford guy all the way, but this type of bad design is just wrong, and could lead to serious injury. *ak |
