Lincoln Mark Viii
The Lincoln Mark Viii appears on NHTSA's register for model years 1989 to 2000: 3 recall campaigns (9 model-year entries) and 826 consumer complaints.
The component named most often in complaints is exterior lighting (579.3 per 1,000 component mentions), followed by visibility (70.1).
The 1993 model year has the most complaints (239). Recall campaigns peaked in 1992 with 1; complaints were received in the largest number in 2002 (195). Within Lincoln, this line ranks 7 of 24 by total complaints.
Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Model years
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints | vs line average | Units in campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 Lincoln Mark Viii NHTSA record | 0 | 1 | 1% | — |
| 1992 Lincoln Mark Viii NHTSA record | 0 | 1 | 1% | — |
| 1993 Lincoln Mark Viii | 3 | 239 | 289% | 4,108,890 |
| 1994 Lincoln Mark Viii | 2 | 167 | 202% | 4,106,000 |
| 1995 Lincoln Mark Viii | 1 | 136 | 165% | 3,600,000 |
| 1996 Lincoln Mark Viii | 1 | 106 | 128% | 3,600,000 |
| 1997 Lincoln Mark Viii | 1 | 90 | 109% | 3,600,000 |
| 1998 Lincoln Mark Viii | 1 | 83 | 100% | 3,600,000 |
| 1999 Lincoln Mark Viii NHTSA record | 0 | 2 | 2% | — |
| 2000 Lincoln Mark Viii NHTSA record | 0 | 1 | 1% | — |
"vs line average" is the model year's complaints as a share of the line's average per model year (100% = average). A campaign covering several model years counts once per year. Model years with one campaign and fewer than 25 complaints are listed but have no page of their own; the NHTSA link opens the agency's record.
Components most reported
Per 1,000 component mentions across all Lincoln Mark Viii complaints (984 mentions).
Campaigns by year reported
Complaints by year received
Other Lincoln model lines
- Town Car 113 recalls · 3,220 complaints
- Continental 73 recalls · 1,554 complaints
- Navigator 129 recalls · 964 complaints
- MKZ 84 recalls · 964 complaints
- LS 4 recalls · 960 complaints
- MKX 48 recalls · 890 complaints
- Mark Viii 9 recalls · 826 complaints
- Aviator 127 recalls · 231 complaints
- Zephyr 26 recalls · 210 complaints
- MKS 19 recalls · 183 complaints
- MKT 31 recalls · 127 complaints
- MKZ Hybrid 0 recalls · 116 complaints
- Mark VII 12 recalls · 106 complaints
- Lincoln 23 recalls · 96 complaints
- MKC 27 recalls · 59 complaints
- Mark LT 5 recalls · 38 complaints
- Blackwood 4 recalls · 6 complaints
- Mark V 9 recalls · 4 complaints
- Nautilus 33 recalls · 3 complaints
- Mark IV 12 recalls · 3 complaints
- Mark VI 7 recalls · 3 complaints
- Corsair 79 recalls · 0 complaints
- Corsair Phev 8 recalls · 0 complaints
- Nautilus Hybrid 7 recalls · 0 complaints
Questions and answers
Which Lincoln Mark Viii model years have the most recalls?
1993 (3), 1994 (2), 1995 (1). Across model years 1989–2000 there are 3 distinct campaigns.
Which Lincoln Mark Viii model year has the most complaints?
1993, with 239 of the line's 826 complaints. Newer model years have had less time to accumulate reports.
What do owners of the Lincoln Mark Viii complain about?
exterior lighting (579.3 per 1,000 mentions), visibility (70.1 per 1,000 mentions), vehicle speed control (51.8 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Where does this data come from?
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall and complaint flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019.
Provenance
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall, complaint and investigation flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Model names are as NHTSA records them; variants such as "Accord" and "Accord Hybrid" are separate lines. See the methodology.