High Beam Adjustment

[cooljazz]

I recently purchased a KIA 2021 Telluride SX. Can the LED High Beams be adjusted without affecting the regular beams? The high beams really do not light up a dark the road ahead very well.

 

[Sal Collaziano]

I recently purchased a KIA 2021 Telluride SX. Can the LED High Beams be adjusted without affecting the regular beams? The high beams really do not light up a dark the road ahead very well.

Moving this into the lighting section.

 

[ksyrah]

I recently purchased a KIA 2021 Telluride SX. Can the LED High Beams be adjusted without affecting the regular beams? The high beams really do not light up a dark the road ahead very well.

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SXP LED Headlights

My driver side headlight has a dip in the beam barely noticeable at 10 to 25 feet, but appears as a football sized dark spot when driving at night. It is definitely on the driver side, I placed cardboard over the other light in the garage and dip still there. I have had it to the dealer twice...

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Very limited visibility on dark roads

We just got a Telluride EX a couple of weeks ago. We hadn't driven it at night on dark roads until last night. It was dangerous in our opinion. The light had a definite line that almost appeared like a dark screen on the windshield. Upon stopping and looking at the headlamps, I discovered...

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[Tellthemride]

Short answer is no. While true that you cannot see the high beam pattern well when parked less than 20 feet from a wall/garage door, it is indeed there and works if you use as intended from afar.

The complaint from another owner was that it doesn’t light roads far enough when traveling up and down steep hills/backroads. This would likely be a problem with any modern car using projector beam LED headlamps though. Installation of a roof mounted light bar would be one solution for these types of driving conditions.

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[Kwim]

I recently purchased a KIA 2021 Telluride SX. Can the LED High Beams be adjusted without affecting the regular beams? The high beams really do not light up a dark the road ahead very well.

No, since these are not separate lamps, but when turned on, additional diodes are turned on.
By the way, perhaps when you adjust the low beam, the high beam may also change.

 

[2020Telly]

I think the high beam bulb and low beam driving bulbs while in different projector housing are part of the same headlight assembly on the EX and SX. So unless there are more adjustment screws, one takes care of the other. I was researching flush mount fog lights as added driving lights and learned that they cannot be SAE/DOT certified because the certification requires any light to be street legal the light housing must be adjustable. I think the same applies to the vehicle headlight housings but it may not require that the high beam vs low beam be adjusted differently. I think the LX, S and some EX models with the one projector bulb have one adjustment bolt. I think I read that the EX, SX LED housing may have as many as four adjustment bolts. So maybe there is an option?

Here's a video on how to do it yourself.

Even if you can adjust it up, you are not going to get rid of that horizontal line. That line is there by regulation to avoid blinding oncoming traffic or other drivers in front of you. The regulation states that you must project out at the same height as the bulb housing itself and if there is any height increase it's only a few degrees so that the modern brighter LEDs don't blind traffic. Legal fog lights are meant to add illumination in the immediate foreground in front of the bumper 25ft out and 4 inches down. Whereas driving low and high beams are directly out and the same height. Projector bulb housings are very different regulations from older style reflective housings. The procedures for most vehicles that have a single bulb for both high and low beam require you to adjust the height for low beam and the high beam will be the same.

A video using the Sorento as an example.

Based on concerns posted on other threads in this forum and other driver concerns on other sites, it's my opinion that the manufacturing standards for modern projector bulb headlights are antiquated and in desperate need of revision to make for a safer driving experience without blinding other drivers. That's probably why people look for aftermarket solutions that the manufacturers can't produce and sell with the vehicle because they do not pass obsolete safety standards not meant for modern technology.

 

[JJC919]

The bright lights on my 2020 EX quit working. Took it to dealer and they looked at it, noticed small dent in bottom of bumper assembly and then refused to do anything further and suggested I contact a body shop. Looks like somebody backed into my car in a parking lot because there has been no accident or collision of any sort. Service writer who had little knowledge of the assembly had no idea how I could look at it to adjust it and mechanic refused to talk with me. Friend has a 2020 S and added LED lights and they are wonderful but if the assembly itself isn't operational I don't see the use in changing to LED. Any info on how to check the bright light adjustment assembly?

 

[ksyrah]

The bright lights on my 2020 EX quit working. Took it to dealer and they looked at it, noticed small dent in bottom of bumper assembly and then refused to do anything further and suggested I contact a body shop. Looks like somebody backed into my car in a parking lot because there has been no accident or collision of any sort. Service writer who had little knowledge of the assembly had no idea how I could look at it to adjust it and mechanic refused to talk with me. Friend has a 2020 S and added LED lights and they are wonderful but if the assembly itself isn't operational I don't see the use in changing to LED. Any info on how to check the bright light adjustment assembly?

First things first - The assembly is different from the bulb. The bulb could still work with a damaged assembly. And adjusting has nothing to do with a bulb being out so I'm not sure what you are asking/stating.
Now, one or both bulbs?
If both, same time or different times of failure?
If you can be as specific as possible, people will be able to answer you question.

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[JJC919]

First things first - The assembly is different from the bulb. The bulb could still work with a damaged assembly. And adjusting has nothing to do with a bulb being out so I'm not sure what you are asking/stating.
Now, one or both bulbs?
If both, same time or different times of failure?
If you can be as specific as possible, people will be able to answer you question.

Brights quit working at the same time. Don't know why or how I go about checking to see if the mechanism has been damaged or has an inherent problem

 

[ksyrah]

Brights quit working at the same time. Don't know why or how I go about checking to see if the mechanism has been damaged or has an inherent problem

First question - you checked the fuse, right?

Fuse Box Diagram Kia Telluride (2020-2023)

Fuse box diagram (location and assignment of electrical fuses and relays) for Kia Telluride (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023).

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[JJC919]

First question - you checked the fuse, right?

Fuse Box Diagram Kia Telluride (2020-2023)

Fuse box diagram (location and assignment of electrical fuses and relays) for Kia Telluride (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023).

fuse-box.info

Yes. Even tried the spare 15 amp & no difference. What I've read so far suggests this is a mechanical function & I'm hoping someone has info on that. Thanks!

 

[JJC919]

Yes. Even tried the spare 15 amp & no difference. What I've read so far suggests this is a mechanical function & I'm hoping someone has info on that. Thanks!

What is the function of the hi-beam relay? Could it be the problem?

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