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2015 Hyundai SANTA FE Exterior Lighting Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1461198
Internal NHTSA #	11088575
Manufacurer	Hyundai Motor America
Brand	HYUNDAI
Model	SANTA FE
Model Year	2015
File date	19/03/18
Component	EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Somebody has finally died over this defect, now will something be done about it? I have owned 2 hyundai santafe's a 2013 and now a 2015. The headlamp system on both cars, using halogen lamps, is inferior, unacceptable, for volvo, deadly. This problem is not limited to the hyundai car brand, but many brands using similar projector halogen headlamp systems. Driving anywhere in like equipped vehicles the low beam headlamps fail to provide enough light ahead of the vehicle to avoid an obstacle coming out of the shadows. Case in point, the uber volvo pedestrian accident. Having driven professionally over 2. 5 million miles in my lifetime, my experience with this projector technology, it is my professional opinion the accident could not have been avoided. Because the lamp system on the volvo, my two hyundai's, fail to provide adequate lighting allowing the driver to see, and avoid, obstacles. I am attaching screen shots of a 7 second video related to the uber accident. Just over 3 seconds in, with a little over 1 second to react, the pedestrian is barely visible. The headlamps only illuminate to the end of the 2nd white stripe, on the left, in front of the volvo. The same is true of both hyundai's i have owned with a similar headlamp system. Studies have shown, with out any doubt, it takes a little over 2 seconds for a human to react, under ideal situations, to a unanticipated see and avoid driving event. In this exemplar the driver had barely more than 1 second to react, once his brain processed things, and then told his extremities to do something. Therefore, due to inadequate lighting, this accident in no way was avoidable, now somebody is dead, and you do nothing. I have looked for a way to illustrate this dangerous issue, this defines it in spades. Finally if the volvo had the hid, or led lamps, for the defect to exist there, is more appalling.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	5000
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	FOND DU LAC, WI
VIN pattern	KM8SRDHF2FUXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	Y
Was medical attention required?	Y
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No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	1
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	40
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2015 Hyundai SANTA FE Exterior Lighting Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2015 Hyundai SANTA FE Exterior Lighting Problems, Complaints and Defects

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