Headlights problems of the 2017 Kia Motor Sorento

The contact owns a 2017 kia Sorento. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, an audible message indicated that there was engine failure, and the infotainment screen displayed the option to send an engine failure report. The vehicle then shuddered and made an abnormal sound. The contact turned off and restarted the vehicle, but the abnormal sound persisted. The vehicle was shaking, and the contact detected an abnormal odor inside the vehicle. The contact parked and turned off the vehicle. Additionally, the headlights failed to illuminate while driving at night. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, where it was diagnosed with multiple cylinders misfire. The dealer determined that the spark plugs and headlights needed to be replaced, as well as an induction cleaning and oil change. The dealer replaced the spark plugs and headlights but discovered that the fuel pump was leaking fuel into the engine. The contact was informed that the fuel pump needed to be replaced. The contact declined to have the induction cleaning, the oil changed, or the fuel pump replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 18v907000 (fuel system, gasoline) and technical service bulletin: 073 (ball joint replacement); however, the VIN was not included in the recall and the vehicle was not covered under the TSB. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was opened. The failure mileage was approximately 68,000.

The contact owns a 2017 kia Sorento. The contact stated while driving 55 mph at night, the headlights briefly became inoperable. After several attempts at turning the switch off and on, the vehicle returned to normal functionality, but the failure became a regular occurrence. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 96,000.

Headlamp multifunction switch set to "auto", while using the turn signal (either direction) the headlights will suddenly turn off. . . While driving at night this is extremely dangerous and disorienting. . . Almost caused an accident. To correct this, I had to jiggle the switch or turn it to manual on.

Daytime driving lights turn on after vehicle completely off, hours later and can drain the battery if not caught in time. Also while driving at night, lights go completely off by themselves and have to manually try to turn on, very dangerous and someone is going to die if not recalled.

Headlights initially were just flickering on occasion now headlights are turning off while driving. Sometimes they go back on and sometimes they don�t. Warning ⚠️ comes on and dash display also indicates a headlamp issue. Sometimes turning them on and off helps. Been gradually getting worse. Now all lights will not turn on including brights. Horn also not working. Has happened multiple times at night on busy city streets.

Headlight keep blowing.

In auto mode when driving at night the headlights and dashboard lights turn off without warning.

Vehicle headlight polycarbonate plastic blistering, peeling, cracking and other severely deterioration aspects are happening in a fast, exponential manner. Both headlights have continued to progress deteriorating since April, before the 3 year purchase period of the vehicle. We have owned 4 brand new kia vehicles, and none before this one have ever displayed this headlight housing deterioration before. We researched this type of deterioration to see if it was a common issue across kia and other vehicle manufacturers, and we did not find anything displaying anything that our headlights are producing outside of what one would consider normal wear (eventual discoloration). We are concerned for our nighttime driving safety regarding to this apparent manufacturing defect in the quality of the headlight plastic. We are concerned with the nighttime visibility eventually being compromised.

Tl the contact owns a 2017 kia Sorento. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the headlamps failed to remain illuminated with the headlamp switch in the auto position. The turn signals were also inoperable. The contact stated that headlight suggested message was displayed on the instrument panel. The contact stated that the headlamps operated as designed with the headlamp switch in the on position. The vehicle was taken to greenway kia west located at (8701 e colonial dr, orlando, FL 32817) to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the multi-function switch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was opened. The failure mileage was approximately 38,000.

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.

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.

Headlights turn off and on intermittently at night. This occurs in the auto headlight mode. This while traveling. No external light sources of consequence to trigger shut off. Sometimes 30 sec others a minute or more. Scary on winding country roads.

While driving down the road at night and the headlights set to auto, they will randomly turn off on their own. I have almost been in a head on collision because of this. Turning the light control manually to either off or manual on and then back to auto gets them back on. How can such a safety issue not be addressed? I see posts about this all over the interent - especially for the 2017 model. The dealership wants to charge me $500 to replace the wiring! the vehicle has under 35k miles. Please approach kia and have them issue a recall for this issue. People who live in rural areas without lit roads can be serious injured - especially if its the first time it occurs and they are not prepared to fiddle with the light control to get it operating again. Date provided in the form represents the most recent occurrence of the issue - not the only.

While driving at night with the headlights in the auto mode, the headlights will periodically go off for 4 to 5 seconds before coming back on again. This has happened 10 times over the past 10 months. We were told by kia dealership service department they could not duplicate the issue and recommended driving at night with the headlights turned on in the manual position. The issue has occurred when the car is in motion on the highway, on city streets, on straight roads and on corners.

Headlights and dash board shut off randomly in auto mode during night time driving which causes immediate concern, fear of accident, and unwanted reactions such as looking away from road to find light stalk and fiddle with it to get lights to turn back on. Imagine driving the speed limit at 50 to 70 mph in various traffic conditions when you are surprised by this problem and what the to do when it happens! I have over 49000 miles on this car but the problem which I have documented twenty five instances has been in to several kia dealerships with each time being told it is not a common occurance and that they could not recreate the problem. This is a common response and Dodge of the issue. Naturally they cannot recreate problem as this occurs during the night when dealership is closed techs are at home. Given that there seems to be many instances of this problem reported it seems NHTSA is not doing enough to pressure kia to find a cause and recall 2017 Sorentos for a fix that if it hasn't happened yet serious damage or death is bound to occur. Please pay attention and start some action before serious consequences occur!!!.

Driving down the road my headlights have cut off on their own 5 times. I have to turn the auto of and put it on manual for them to work.

While driving my headlights will randomly just shut-off sometimes they will come right back on and other times it takes a few minutes for them to come back on. This happens several times a week.

I always use auto headlights mode to operate my car. The headlights could go dark from 2 to 6 seconds and then they will go back on automatically. It has happened about 7-10 times in the past two months while I was driving the vehicle. I do not know if this problem exist during daytime because it is bright out there. But when it is dark and the lights suddenly go off it becomes a safety hazard. I called the manufacturer but the only thing they told me is to take my car to the dealer. I do not want to do this because I feel that it will be so hard for the dealer to replicate the problem and find out possible solutions, so my time will be totally wasted at the dealer.

While driving at night with headlights in auto position, lights will randomly turn off for seconds before turning back on. When this happens, you can see the change on the dashboard almost like it was manually being turned off, but it was not being touched. This has happened 4 times in one month. So far the dealer has not been able to replicate this issue. It is at the dealer now for the second time.

The headlights are dangerous! there is a dark shadow line directly in the sight line of the driver through the entire windshield that I find myself ducking down to try and see out the window but that does not help. I cannot drive the vehicle at night it is very distracting and dangerous. It has severely impacted my children's lifestyle as we cannot go out as the dark roads in new jersey are even more dangerous with the headlights not working properly.

The headlights turn off during night-time driving without warning. The dashboard indicator shows that the headlights are off. This has happened a total of 6 times when the lights are in the "automatic" position. This has happened at highway speed on a completely dark road, at highway speed on a lit highway, in parking lots, and in the village at 30 mph. We are using manual headlight mode at night until the problem is resolved. The cause of the problem is unknown.

Tl the contact owns a 2017 kia Sorento. The contact stated that while driving with the auto headlight function activated, the headlights became inoperable. The contact stated that the headlights independently activated on several occasions which caused the battery to drain while the vehicle was turned off. Air port kia (3325 westview dr, naples, FL 34104, (239)732-8910) was contacted however, the dealer was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 34,000.

While on auto, headlights turned off when they should not have. Two times during dusk/twilight, and once during the night within a three week period. The time it happened at night, and the one time during twilight was on an unlit rural road . The occurrence during dusk was at a lighted rural intersection.

The headlights have gone out on two separate occasions, while operating the vehicle at night with the headlight control in the auto mode. The headlights completely shutdown for approximately 2 to 3 seconds during this issue and automatically came back on. Both times this occurred at highway speeds with no other light source in the area. The vehicle has been checked by the local kia dealer. The issue could not be duplicated by the service department and no trouble codes were found. We have been instructed to only operate the vehicle with the headlights in the manual mode.

The headlights do not shine far enough for safe stopping in an emergency. Deer ran on to road and almost hit it.