Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1994 Lincoln Mark

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the exterior lighting › headlights. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Exterior Lighting › Headlights2
000
Vehicle Speed Control1
010
Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System1
100
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Vehicle Speed ControlFire
Filed Apr 3, 2007153,953 milesTX

CAR INVOLVED IS A 1994 LINCOLN MARK VIII. THE CAR WAS PARKED IN GARAGE, ENGINE OFF AND KEY OUT OF IGNITION. THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE IN MY GARAGE AT 1:30 AM DUE TO THE BRAKE DE-ACTIVATION SWITCH, AS I HAVE RESEARCHED AFTER THE INCIDENT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH FORD LINCOLN MERCURY VEHICLES. FORTUNATELY I HAPPEN TO HEAR THE ALARM GOING OFF, OTHERWISE MY ENTIRE HOME WOULD HAVE GONE UP IN FLAMES. THE RIGHT FENDER WELL, AIR SUSPENSION AND ENGINE WIRING HARNESS, HOOD AND ALL COMPONENTS OF THAT SECTION OF THE CAR WERE DESTROYED. PART OF MY GARAGE FLOORING WAS DESTROYED IN THE FIRE. THE PARTS ARE STILL IN MY POSSESSION AND THE CAR IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. PARTS ARE COSTLY. *JB

Exterior Lighting › Headlights
Filed Mar 22, 200680,000 milesMO

HEADLIGHTS ARE NO LONGER EFFECTIVE. THEY DO NOT PUT OUT ENOUGH LIGHT TO PROPERLY BE DRIVEN WITH AT NIGHT. DUE TO THIS ISSUE I CAN NO LONGER DRIVE THE VEHICLE SAFELY AT NIGHT. I HAVE TRIED NEW BULBS, HIGHER POWER BULBS, AND POLISHING THE PLASTIC LENSES ALL TO NO AVAIL. *NM

Exterior Lighting › Headlights
Filed Mar 19, 2006CA

1 YELLOWING OF HEADLIGHTS 2 UNABLE TO SEE AT NIGHT 3 NEW HEADLIGHTS. *JB

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist SystemCrash
Filed Aug 14, 1995MI

VEHICLE LOST CONTROL TWICE, CAUSING ONE ACCIDENT.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Jan 25, 1995CA

BRAKE CALIPERS/PADS/ROTORS REPLACED DUE TO BRAKE FAILURES. *SKD

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19991000Routine
19988010Routine
19974000Routine
19967000Routine
19959000Routine
1994 — this page5010Routine
19938000Routine
19921000Routine
19905000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.