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2016 KIA SORENTO Exterior Lighting Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1679337
Internal NHTSA #	11342879
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	SORENTO
Model Year	2016
File date	02/08/20
Component	EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Multiple times, with vehicle in parked, with the lighting settings set to "auto", the headlights have turned "on" by themselves with the car locked and empty more than 4 times that i know of - could have drained battery overnight if i did not catch and cycled lock mechanism. Multiple times, with vehicle in motion, with the lighting settings set to "auto", the headlights have cycled randomly from off to on, and vice versa, and quickly reversing to normal operation again more than 10 times that i have noticed when it should not have happened (by august 2nd 2020), both during daytime and night external lighting conditions, both on roads and highways. Note that when this happened, the lighting level outside did not warrant a change in condition. Probably an electrical defect with the automatic external light level detector. Could cause an accident when headlights turn off by themselves at night while driving on roads or highways. This happens randomly with wide time spacing (10+ days between occurrences). Vehicle has 70800 miles.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	70700
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	SAN DIEGO, CA
VIN pattern	5XYPGDA52GGXXXXXX
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
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	65
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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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2016 KIA SORENTO Exterior Lighting Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2016 KIA SORENTO Exterior Lighting Problems, Complaints and Defects

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