Have 97 lincoln mark 8 tail lights not working, brake lights turn signal back up etc all k what could be wrong?
The bulbs filament is burnt. Each rear tail light bulb has a double filament. The bright one is for the turn, brake, and hazard lights. The other is for the park lights. The bulb should be a 3157. If by chance a 3156 bulb was installed the lights wouldn't work right, because this bulb is a single filament.
Double check your bulbs.
Hope this helps and good luck. Christopher
Have 97 lincoln mark 8 tail lights not working, brake lights turn signal back up etc all k what could be wrong?
best answer never showed up The easiest solution and the answer turned out to be just check for burned out fuse. Never trust a fuse tester. Even though they all tested good twice, I had two burned out fuses - one for the brake light, not letting the car come out of park, and one for the tail lights
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Does your car still stay in park when you start it and try to shift it? The reason I ask is because the same thing happened to my Crown Victoria. The rear brake lights were not working so the car would not shift into gear. What the problem was is the brake light switch. When it burns out the tail lights will not work and the car will not shift into gear. The brake light switch is located at the top of the brake pedal shaft. It's a pain in the neck to replace because you have to reach up under the dash board. It takes about 40 minutes to an hour to replace. The brake light switch is about 40 bucks from the dealer. So if your lights are out and the car will not shift into drive than that is your problem. If your car is driving, sorry I don't know what to tell you, you'll have to get a mechanic to look at it.
When I bough my brake light switch the dealer told me the reason the car will not shift into gear when the brake light don't work it's because it's a safety feature to prevent you from driving the car without tail and brake lights. Especially at night, so when you stop you won't get rear ended by another car because the brake lights didn't work.
its not the bulbs you have several tail light bulbs for each size the problem Mark8 have is the wiring harness in the trunk it runs up the trunk hinge so it moves every time you open and close the trunk. You have a pinched wire in there find where the harness bend when trunk is open and the problem will be close by that area.
