1998 Ford Crown Victoria Exterior lighting Problems

“My crown vic has 43759 miles on it. While driving down the highway at night the lights turned off (approximately 1.5 seconds)-flashed on-flashed off. I took the bright lights off & it quit turning off. I kept the brights off the rest of that trip but could still smell an plastic burning smell in the car when the lights were on. I took my car to the Ford dealer about 12-4-2003 and they told me it was a light control module--then they told me it was back-ordered nationally and would be 2 weeks before it came in. I called 12-26-2003 & it is still on back order.”

“Excessive moisture in the headlamp assembly, both right & left. Always drive with bright on. No one can tell. Will have to install additional lights because of such poor vision of the road. This has been an ongoing problem since I purchased the car new.”

“We bought our 1998 Crown Victoria used in 2001. At the time of the sale I was asked if there was any problem with the car, and at that time I showed them that the headlights had a heavy film that caused very little light to come through. I asked them about replacing the headlights and the dealer went into the office and came back with no ...but they would clean the outside of the glass for me. I don't know what product they used but it looked okay for right then. It didn't last and I brought the car back in and they still refused to fix the problem. …”

“This vehicle is a fine automobile, but it has one glaring design defect. The headlight low beams are shut off when the high beams are turned on. I discovered this a week ago when on a very dark country road. In a 55 MPH zone 25 MPH was a more appropriate speed. When the highbeams only were on I couldn't see directly in front of the vehicle and with lowbeams only, I couldn't see anything distant. I did find out that I could hold the highbeam flasher in the up possition and keep both beams on which isn't too safe driving with one hand. This can only be called a very stupid piece of engineering. …”

“Front headlights - since purchasing the Ford had headlights replaced twice, poor visibility, always have the brights one and the view of the road is dangerous. The len's fog-up therefore defusing the candlepower. Brighter bulbs cant' be used because the heat would damage the lens and wireing. It's been an on going problem since I bought the Ford Crown Victoria, 1998.”