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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000098042 | Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970 |
| Consumer's City: BROOKLYN | Consumer's State: NY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: MARK VIII | Model Year: 1994 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Exterior lighting:headlights |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1LNLM91V5RY | Date added to File: May, 16 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 18 2002 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Driving at night is very dangerous since the car's headlights are as bright as a candle, a candle might actually be brighter. when i drive at night i see the road ahead thanks to the street lights since my headlamps are just terrible. i have done some searching on the internet and i have found that the problem is do to the way the headlamp assembly was made. the 1993-1996 mark viii headlamp assembly deteriorates due to the heat produced by the halogen bulbs. the reflective backing in the headlamp housing burns away do a desings flaw, the materials used in the making of the headlamp assembly can't take the heat from the bulbs, and to make matters worse the car uses 9005 bulbs as low beams, this is the only known car manufactured in the usa that uses these bulbs as low beams. ford motor company is aware of the problem but hasn't done anything about it. ford replaced the halogen assembly for hid assemblies in the 96 models, they did this eventhough the 97 model was going to be redesigned, they were aware of the problem so they replaced the lights in the new 96 models yet they do nothing for the owners of the cars that have the defective lights. i don't know if anybody has died do to these lights but i'm sure that if nothing is done to fix these light someone will die in an accident i can say this because i have to drive at night and just can't see much in front of me, in dim areas i'm practically blind and if i used my high beams i blind other drivers. even if i only used the high beam the same problem as with the low beams would occur since it is a flaw in the desing of the unit.*ak |
