SX Headlights

[red426]

I have a 2021 Telluride and have this same problem with oncoming traffic thinking I have my brights on. I live in the Colorado mountains where I drive often on two lane roads so this is a major issue. It's irritating and dangerous having every 15th car flash me. I love the vehicle but this is enough of an issue that if KIA can't fix it I may return to the Jeep Grand Cherokee. I'm calling the dealer today to see if they have a fix.

Had mine adjusted, didn’t work the same, so had it put back to specs, which are govt compliant.

 

[arattle]

Ditto. My first few months were mostly driven by day, now I get to pick up my kid from daycare after dark and I get a few flashes every day. Hilly where I live, so it looks like I'm high-beaming people all the time. I honestly don't know if a few degrees' adjustment would help all that much, since I'd still be hitting people's eyes when going over a hill. But I'm going to try adjusting down just a bit.

Update:
Got a T60 Torx bit and adjusted a full turn down on both headlights. It ended up being too low - only illuminates about 30 feet in front of the car. Went back half a turn, and it was almost right, maybe a hair too low. I ended up backing out another 1/4 turn and it seems to be just fine, no flashes and illuminates the road for ~150 feet easily. So in total, only needed to adjust 1/4 turn down (clockwise).

A T60 bit is $4 at Lowes, not worth a drive to the dealer IMO.

 

[smkt404]

Update:
Got a T60 Torx bit and adjusted a full turn down on both headlights. It ended up being too low - only illuminates about 30 feet in front of the car. Went back half a turn, and it was almost right, maybe a hair too low. I ended up backing out another 1/4 turn and it seems to be just fine, no flashes and illuminates the road for ~150 feet easily. So in total, only needed to adjust 1/4" down (clockwise).

A T60 bit is $4 at Lowes, not worth a drive to the dealer IMO.

Post a pic of where you actually turn the screw at please!

 

[Tellthemride]

Post a pic of where you actually turn the screw at please!

Video of it on post #64

Or on this TSB

https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10170906-0001.pdf

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[arattle]

Post a pic of where you actually turn the screw at please!

As @Tellthemride points out, this info is in here. It's the top white Torx receptacle in the rear of each headlight. I was able to get a large socket wrench to turn at least 1/4 turn on each one.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Capri-Tools-T60-Star-Bit-Socket-1-2-in-Drive/1002328042

This is an example of what would work to turn it. I bought a $15 torx set on Amazon just to have the other sizes as well.

 

[sonup]

anyone looking for t60 torx , amazon has it for $3 .
amazon link