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2011 KIA SORENTO Exterior Lighting Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1221427
Internal NHTSA #	10766220
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	SORENTO
Model Year	2011
File date	05/08/14
Component	EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Low beam headlights keep burning out. It in started aug of 2014. Frist one headlight than a month later the other side would go out. Changing the bulb seamed to fix the problem. Then the left headlight would turn off and than back on while driving. Then left light quit working all together six months ago. Right side bulb burns out every two month. Today no lights and when i went to change the bulb on the right side, the pigtail/ light socket was half melted. This seams to be a on going problem with this car. There is five other complaints on the safercar. Gov site about this. This needs to be recalled and fixed before someone loses thier light at night and are hurt.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	75100
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	BEALETON, VA
VIN pattern	5XYKT3A19BGXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	55
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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2011 KIA SORENTO Exterior Lighting Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2011 KIA SORENTO Exterior Lighting Problems, Complaints and Defects

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