2018 Hyundai Kona: headlights failing or too dim

Filed Dec 10, 2020 · Electrical, Lights · 44,894 miles · SC

Tl* the contact own 2018 hyundai kona. The contact stated that after purchasing the vehicle, the vehicle experienced unstated failures with the interior lighting, headlights and rear tail lights. Additionally, there was an unknown steering failure with the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to fort mill hyundai (805 gold hill rd, fort mill, sc 29708) to be diagnosed. The vehicle received several unknown repairs. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 44,894.

Filed May 26, 2019 · Electrical · 12,676 miles · FL

When car she starts car and in morning and night , when I puts in gear and and steps on gas the headlights flicker off and on until she gets on road about a mile. Had this check at hyundai dealer and they said nothing is wrong but it still continue to do this. This could be hazard when I drive in the dark.

Filed Jan 7, 2019 · Visibility · 600 miles · WA

When driving at night 98 % of oncoming drivers flash their lights at me to indicate that I had forgotten to dim my lights when in fact I did not have my high beams engaged. I took this issue to the dealership which did it's best to fix the problem but was unable to correct it. After doing some research I found that there was indeed an issue with the LED lights on the vehicle. I discovered that hyundai engineers had reconfigured the projector beams to correct the issue on all cars built after may 2018. Hyundai was totally dismissive in spite of the following. The 2018 hyundai kona has received the top safety pick+ rating, but the rating only applies to vehicles built after may 2018. To make sure that the kona's headlights are up to par, hyundai made changes to the kona's available LED projector headlights to limit glare for oncoming drivers. The LED headlights, which are available on the limited and ultimate trim lines now have a good rating. Pretty much impossible to safely drive this vehicle at night.

Filed Dec 23, 2018 · Lights · 7,000 miles · IN

I am requesting investigation into excess glare from LED headlights on the kona limited model, year 2018 for those manufactured prior to june. Excessive glare originates from the LED lights and results in consistent "bright beam" flashes from on coming drivers, as they think you have your brights on. This results in blinding and unsafe conditions when driving on narrow roads for both drivers. Hyundai appears to have known about the issue as they redesigned the LED headlights mid year. June and later models do not have excess glare. This appears to be supported by iihs.org at the following link: https://www.iihs.org/iihs/news/desktopnews/improved-headlights-help-hyundai-kona-earn-top-safety-pick-award when contacting hyundai customer support to seek replacement lights, they claim to have no knowledge of the change mid year and direct you to the dealership. I have contacted two local hyundai dealerships and neither claims to know anything about mid year changes and have not yet offered any assistance in addressing the issue. Hyundai should be requested by the federal safety agency to contact known early year owners of affected kona limited models with instructions on how to get the issues addressed.

Filed Dec 23, 2018 · Lights · CA

I own a 2018 hyundai kona sel purchased in march 2018 from kearny mesa hyundai in san diego, california. I became aware that the initial kona se and sel's submitted to the insurance institute of highway safety (iihs) failed for insufficient headlight illumination. I further understand that hyundai instituted corrective action and resubmitted the kona to the iihs in may 2018, which passed and received a 5-star rating. I contacted hyundai to find out what they did to correct the deficiency, and can my car be fixed. I was told that the correction was proprietary, and they cannot tell me what was done. I asked them if they could notify poway hyundai, so they can correct the deficiency. The answer was no. They advised me that the best course of action was to file a complaint with the alternative dispute resolution division. Not knowing who they are I elected to contact you. Hyundai introduced the car for sale in february 2018 and made a major engineering change in may to correct an apparent safety issue and they have nothing to the cars which were made from february to may2 018 to correct the issue.