This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
The contact owns a 1998 Lincoln Mark viii. The passenger side headlight failed. The light bulb was replaced last year, but has failed again. The dealer stated that the vehicle needed a conversion kit because the light bulb was no longer being manufactured. The failure mileage was 150,000 and current mileage was 207,199.
1998 Lincoln mark vlll lsc (hid headlight bulb;passenger side). Poor night visibility due to sever degradation of oem headlamp system. This makes night driving illegal, dangerous, and just impossible with out some sort of aftermarket lighting system or oem replacements which will soon fail and cause the issue all over again. There is no after market replacement bulb. Ford did not contract with sylvania to make one. I was told that my hid headlight bulb would never burn out. Now I can't even sell my car. If I did find a buyer, it would not be legal to drive with only one working headlight. I could be liable for selling a dangerous vehicle.
After having replaced both headlight assemblies due to failure with condensation developing within the unit, I am now having the same problem again. It will require another new set of headlight assemblies to repair the commonly known manufacturer's defect.
The on-board computer indicates that the "drivers door is ajar". the sign does not go out when the door is opened and closed again. When door locks are depressed, they pop up again and the doors will not lock at all. The only operable setting of the heater blower motor is high fan/ the headlight assembly ballast is defective and the lowbeam setting is dim. It cannot be repaired by replacing the lamp.
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- Fostoria , OH, USA