Headlights problems of the 2011 Kia Motor Sorento - part 1

What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? headlights how was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? the lights randomly shut off while driving at night. Has the problem been reproduced or confirmed by a dealer or independent service center? no has the vehicle or component been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others? no were there any warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure, and when did they first appear? no started a while ago. Haven’t driving it since fall.

The contact owns a 2011 kia Sorento. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed at night, after applying the turn signals, the headlights and instrument panel lights became inoperable. The contact related the failure to the electrical system; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 138,000.

The contact owns a 2011 kia Sorento. The contact stated while driving at night at an undisclosed speed, the contact noticed while making a slight turn, the driver’s and passenger’s side headlights stopped functioning as designed. The failure also occurred while using the turn signals. The contact had to manually activate the headlights after the failure. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed however, the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure or determine the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000.

My headlights keep going out. A few weeks ago, I left for work at 5am, traveling on an unlit road when my headlights completely flicker off. I had to wait until daylight to get to work. When I got back in after my shift, the headlights worked again. A few days later, the passenger side headlight went out. I replaced it. A few days later, it went out again. My husband checked it and found the part that the bulb goes in was melted. Nothing seems to work, changed bulbs multiple times, tried ceramic parts, even rewired it. Mechanics tell me it's an electrical issue, but then they can't find the problem when they look at my car. I've since found out that this is a common problem with the kia Sorento. This is a major safety issue for anyone traveling at night. Why isn't this a recall issue?.

Headlights (low beams) shut off while driving. Often seem to occur when using signal or afterwards. Lights other times might just go off briefly, or require driver to put high beams on then toggle down to low beams. Occurs often on highway and secondary roads. Many similar reports on internet. There had been a warranty extension for low beam wire harness that may or may not be associated, however any loss of lights due to a known problem is clearly a safety hazard. Kia has a history of minimizing issues that should be safety recalls. Dealership service area continually states they cannot recreate issue, of course they attempt during the day light hours.

Left blinker is fast after replacement and dim. Right headlight replaced and works temporarily if you unplug it abs plug in.

The contact owns a 2011 kia Sorento. The contact stated that while, driving at an undetermined speed at night and making a turn the headlights became inoperable without warning for a few seconds. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 120,000. The VIN was not available.

Vehicles interior lights, interior dash lights, headlights and other panel lights click and flicker off and on during various periods of time. The headlights stay off for a few seconds and repetitively at random times. This has occurred both early in the morning, in the evenings, it also happens just in the middle of the day to the dash lights and with the clicking. This has occurred in winter as well as summer. Originally it only occurred when it was raining, now it occurs daily. This has occurred when the vehicle has been in park and while driving on highways, on back roads, also at stop lights or a stop sign. The clicking has also occurred when the vehicle has been off, it will start making clicking noises coming from the dash area, the same noise as it makes when the headlights and interior and dash lights flicker when it is on. Also after having a recall repaired I am still having problems with the engine start stop not starting, as well as the doors not unlocking with the kia remote or by pushing the button on the exterior handle. The vehicle has also lost steering control during excessive rain. This occurred on a side street while I was attempting to turn off of a main road onto a side road the vehicle would not turn. It proceeded to go at a diagonal, only partially turning into a front lawn during the turn. It was raining when this occurred. I know there have been other issues with the phantom headlights in other kia models. And they are not fixing the issue, they are saying it is not occurring. Also they are saying they need to replace a part that cost $400 but it may not fix the issue. I have left the manager a message at the kia in myrtle beach and have asked for a good faith repair and I have not heard back.

Headlights come on and off randomly. This is a serious safety hazard that can cause deaths or injuries. I'm very afraid and extremely nervous when this happens especially when I have my children in the car. I've had to replace the lights about every other month which is ridiculously expensive.

Headlight low beam light not working. Replaced bulb and within a few weeks, it would work intermittently. I could wiggle the connection and light would come back on. Then that no longer worked. I took the bulb out of the connection to replace and noticed the connection was melted where the bulb connects to the wire harness. I removed bulb until connection can be replaced.

Vehicle has consistently needed headlights replaced every 3 months. Vehicle lights will come on and or off while driving in the dark. This is a deadly safety hazard and should be remedied.

Tl the contact owns a 2011 kia Sorento. The contact stated that the air bag indicator illuminated and remained lit. The contact also stated that the headlights operated intermittently and the steering wheel pulled to the right. There was no warning indicator illuminated. An appointment was scheduled with lee johnson kia (425-827-0521, located at 11845 ne 85th st, kirkland, wa 98033). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 159,000.

I have a head lights that keep going in and out . I have had it repairs a lot of times but it keeps doing it . Ithen got a paper in the mail for a extension on the lights for my model vehicle cause the connectors in the headlight assembly needed to be replaced so I took it to kia. They told me that because I had it fixed so many time that theres not enough wire to replace it again this was on may 14 2019 and they said that my whole headlight assembly needed to be changed in order to fix it but they would have to ask kia for coverage . On may 30th I called again to see if they were gonna cover it and they said no even tho this a safety concern. That because I didn't go to them to fix it in the first place they wont cover it .

Engine light is on, keeps stalling out at a stop or when turning, smells like something burning, now making a rough grinding noise from motor. Keeps going through oil, putting two quarts of oil in every other day. Passenger side door in back wont open from the outside. The passenger side headlight keeps blowing out, the tires on the front end keep going bold.

My vehicle has continuously melted wiring harness after wiring harness that run my headlights. Not sure if this happens while in motion or stationary, I just notice it when I am down to one headlight. This has become very dangerous because I constantly have to drive in the dark with one headlight. Also it really scares me that my vehicle is melting wires that connect to other wires that could easily cause a fire!.

I was driving down a road at night with my family and I notice that the lights went out completely in a dark road which scared me because everything went completely black I quickly tried to pull over almost going into a ditch in fear that I might hit something or someone. I tried flicking on the headlights and I know that they would come on and then go off. I also notice that my call battery was drained im assuming in may be a short in the wiring.

My air bag light stays on and my headlights are black and have melted wires.

Left headlight connecter melted and shorts out the connection to the light bulb. Overheats really bad. Will have to replace the entire headlight assembly.

Wiring is bad for headlights, melted the headlight assembly. Replaced that and then it melted the wires connected to the headlights.

When the left blinker is activated, the headlights, and lighting of interior driver panel), turn off. This occurs when in motion or stationary. I have to tap the blinker arm to get the lights to turn back on. This is a major safety concern driving down dark streets at night. In essence, I'm driving "blind" and it causes confusion to oncoming traffic.

Low beam headlight socket keeps melting after replacing. Fire hazard.

The wiring harness for the passanger side headlight keeps melting. I have replaced it several times and it continues to happen.

All of a sudden all my interior dash lights and headlights started blinking while the car was running. I shut the car off and it continued, turned the car back on and it was still going. Then the flickering randomly stopped. The car was stationary in my driveway.

The passenger side headlight socket keeps melting and the bulb stops working I already replaced the socket 2 times. Look online and there are a bunch of the same complaints.

Headlight housing has become overheated and melted causing me to replace one headlight at $900. When it happened again I spliced the new housing yet the bulb keeps blowing needing replaced. There is knocking in the engine that gets worse when my speed increases and have been told that it sounds like the engine is not getting enough oil. The head gasket has been replaced and it still seems to be burning or losing oil. The indicator lights on the dashboard all randomly come on and then go off. While driving the car seemed to lose power at times then would die at a stop light. This all has been going on for the past six months or more. In the past year I have paid $1900 plus on random repairs.

The contact owns a 2011 kia Sorento. While driving 30 mph, the air bag warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (jim ellis kia of kennesaw, 1221 auto park drive northwest, kennesaw, GA 30144) where it was diagnosed that the clockspring needed replacement. The contact stated that the clockspring was replaced, but was concerned that the air bag inflator was not also replaced. The contact was also concerned that the vehicle might have an electrical failure because the headlights failed to illuminate and the headlight bulbs had been replaced several times. The same dealer stated that the air bag warning indicator would remain illuminated because there was also a failure with the air bag sensor in the seats. The contact stated that the air bag sensor in the seats was not repaired due to the cost. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures and informed the contact that she would be responsible for the cost of the air bag seat sensor replacement. The failure mileage was 96,000.

Both low headlight bulbs have gone out many times. Despite being replaced, they continue not to work. The wiring seems to have a short in it because when it is wiggled the light comes on but goes right back out. The socket is very hot to touch and smells hot. I'm afraid the wiring will cause a fire. This has happened to both front low beam lights. Most recently today to the passenger side light. I currently have two non workable low lights.

Our interior lights quit working shortly after purchasing the vehicle so we had it repaired. 2 weeks later we had an electrical fire and damage to wireing the mechanic didn't replace. $5,000 later, now the headlights flicker while driving if you use the turning signal. Huge safety issue!!!! also while driving the car out of the blue jerks quick and hard. We don't feel safe in this vehicle anymore.

2011 kia Sorento 116,000. Regularly maintained. The first problem was the driver side back door will not open from the outside, that happened about 6 months ago. Now, my driver side door won't open from the outside. In addition, recently my car has just shut off while driving; foot on the gas at it is not doing anything (no engine light). We park it, shut it off and restart and it will work fine for a while. There is some sort of acceleration problem. I can stop at stop sign and lightly increase my speed and it will tug like engine. No accidents. This is a huge safety concern with having 2 small children in the back seat. If I were in an accident, I would not be able to get my child out of the back. If I was in accident, someone couldn't help me or my children. This to me is very serious! sept 2017 date of back door issue not opening from outside. 3/22/18 drivers door not opening from outside. Car shutting off and not working properly as been since about Jan/2018. There is something wrong with headlights too. Since 1/2017, bulbs are good but they just work for a while and then one or the other stops working out of nowhere.

I have had to replace the head lights on my vehicle long before they should have ever been needed to. In fact I literally just got it back from dealer today after they did recalls on the vehicle and the driver side is out, which was replaced by auto zone not even a month ago. The side blinker that is next to the headlight is also out now too. I'm not sure of they knocked something loose, but it was working this morning. However, now reading the other complaints about the headlights burning out too quickly, I'm starting to wonder.

For the second time in the past 3 years, the passenger side low beam headlight socket has melted, making the low beam headlight non-functional. I do not use my low beams as daytime running lights and, after the first meltdown of the socket, I consciously tried to use the headlights sparingly. The manual references a 55 watt replacement bulb and that is what I am using. The auto parts store clerk also looked up the replacement bulb and guided me to the bulb I am using. I am concerned the melted socket could cause a fire and, therefore, I fear driving the vehicle at night, in the rain, or at any other time low beams are required. My mechanic thought it is a voltage problem. With a 6-year old vehicle and nearly 150,000 miles, I am reluctant to sink a large sum of money into repairs. Given this is the third time the sockets have melted (2x passenger side; 1x driver side), I believe this is a chronic issue that kia should address. A simple internet search reveals this problem is not an issue solely with my Sorento, but is a more widespread problem.

Headlight low beam bulbs are burning out at the rate of one (1) to two (2) weeks. The left bulb burned out a couple of years ago. Approximately a month ago both of the low beam bulbs burned out at night when my wife was driving home from church. She almost wrecked before she turned the lights on high beam. Since then the left side bulb had burned out twice. I have replace these bulbs at a cost of approximately $15. 00 each. I am afraid that the lights are going to go out when driving when it is not possible to change to high beam. The last bulb burned out just last night when it was dark.

4 months ago, both low beam headlights burned out at the exact same time. I replaced both. This morning, the passenger side low beam headlight burned out. I will replace it this evening. 2011 kia Sorento ex, v6, auto trans, no towing package.

Low beam headlights keep shorting out every couple months.

My car was out of warranty by 2 weeks. I had a problem with the headlights. I had the driver's side head lamp assembly replaced and then the passenger side went out due to a bulb issue it burnt out. I took the car to dealer and he said it was not a kia bulb. That is ridiculous. Bulbs are the same wattage. I took the car to my mechanic and he said that was stupid it should burn. He said the funny thing was the head beam light was burnt too and that was a kia bulb. There are more complaints on-line about this issue. This is a safety issue and needs to be taken care of.