Kia Sorento Exterior Lighting Problems
- 359
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 15
- Years with records
- 2003–2019
- Stored years
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 359 stored complaint records:
- 4 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 11 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- wiring harness · 14 records
- passenger side · 14 records
- high beams · 12 records
- head lights · 9 records
- every months · 8 records
- multiple times · 8 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 87 |
| 1–30k mi | 65 |
| 30–60k mi | 62 |
| 100–150k mi | 53 |
| 150–400k mi | 10 |
Complaint evidence
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Exterior Lighting
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…
ODI 11309090
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting
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.
ODI 11301558
Exterior Lighting
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…
ODI 11300140
Exterior Lighting
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…
ODI 11307401
Exterior Lighting
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.
ODI 11300029
Exterior Lighting
Head light keep burning.. The passenger one.. Lady 3 months i have changed three times the head light
ODI 11299463
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting
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.
ODI 11297816
Exterior Lighting
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
Crash reported
ODI 11297150