Below you may see the EXTERIOR LIGHTING components and the number of complaints they received.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 kia sorento. three days after purchasing the vehicle, the air bag light illuminated, which indicated that the passenger si...
Original owner '11 sorento 4cyl, awd w/tow package & approx 88k miles. problem 1st noticed about 2 mos ago when seat belt light began flashing with a...
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 kia sorento. the contact noticed that the driver's side rear brake lights were not illuminating. the dealer replaced the...
2 problems: 1. over the last several months the lights will turn off when driving at night in the auto position. it doesn't matter if it's a lighted street or dark road. this is very dangerous. it has happened at least 7 times. 2. now the the exterior lights randomly turn on minutes to hours after the car is off when lights are in the auto position. this happened three times in the last 4 days. the vehicle is now at the dealer but so far they have not found anything. the date is the most recent that the lights turned on.
My headlights continue to blow out every few weeks, no matter what kind of bulb i use. last night while on a very dark and rainy road, both headlights went out forcing me to drive with my hazards with my children in the car. very dangerous. apparently, this isn't an isolated incident.
This headlight problem has been ongoing with kia and since i purchased this vehicle in 2016 with 26,000 miles. and i replaced many headlight bulbs then december 2019 went to dealership to get led safety daylight headlight bulb replaced. was told no bulb for it account it's encased in headlight assembly and to replace would cost over $900 for assembly. and told never seen that light ever go out. prior to this i already had the other headlight assembly replaced for constant lighting problems. which the dealership had in stock and that told me kia had a problem. vehicle now has 72,000 miles on it. i called kia assistance and told them of problem with lights and the free replacement of the other assembly. i was denied the claim even though i told them of all the lighting problems and complaints filed with nhtsa. they were on deaf ears. so here i am filing my complaint and hoping enough pressure is applied to kia that they recall all models with the problem.
The headlights have repeatedly burned out. i would estimate that i have replaced the right side low beam 8-10 times and the left side 3-5 times. it's been roughly a 2:1 ratio. this last time both headlights burned out within an hour of each other at night. fortunately i keep an extra bulb in the car and i was able to change out one of them so i didn't have to drive home with no headlights at all. this was a potentially dangerous situation. i have researched this and while i don't see a recall i do see that many owners have posted on forums that they're having the same issue. just as a point of reference my 2014 silverado had the headlights replaced in 2017 after an accident and have i have yet to replace a headlight while driving the chevy approximately the same number of miles as the kia.
Headlights are in automatic and while driving at night/evening they will randomly cut out. 5-10 seconds at a time. always while moving. this has gotten worse over time. after some research this appears to be the same problem kia issued a recall for on other vehicles 2015-2016 k900 vehicles. there are plenty of online forums stating this issue with other sorentos in various years.
Head light keep burning.. the passenger one.. lady 3 months i have changed three times the head light
The low beam bulbs keep burning out in the front headlights. i've replaced them four times in the last year. i took the vehicle to a dealership to see if they could diagnose what was wrong with it. the looked at it and they told me that they found a burnt harness in the lamp assembly and that the whole headlamp assembly would need replaced at an estimated $1100.
While driving at night the headlights will turn off and on usually last 10 to 15 seconds, does this at all speeds and and all roads. will cause you to loose sight of road on non lit roads. this has happened about 10 times in the last few months
The low beam headlights are dangerously dim. they also burn out about every 6 months.
We have experienced random events where the headlights go out for 5-10 seconds. this makes for a very scary situation for me and my family when driving in the evening and it all gets dark. we notice when the vehicle is in motion, city street or highway, we could be in the car for short amount of time or longer amount of time, warm and cold weather, wet and dry weather, haven't noticed while turning but have on straight roads, dashboard goes dark too when the headlights go out. the local kia dealership cannot replicate the issue since it is very random in nature. this has happened a number of times over the past two years. there have been no injuries due to this yet.