2014 Hyundai Santa Fe Exterior lighting Problems

The low beams on the 2014 and many other year Hyundai Sant fe models do not work properly. While you are driving at night the low beams do not light up enough or shine bright enough on the roadway so you can see and drive safely ... I even installed brand new bulbs , and nothing changed as far as the brightness . The headlight housings are clear and do not have any type of damage that would prevent the bulbs from providing plenty of light on the roads . This is very dangerous for anyone trying to drive these vehicles on any kind of roads at night time .

NHTSA ID

11652585

Incident

Feb 17, 2025

The low-beam headlights are terrible, almost useless. I replaced both low-beam bulbs with high-quality bulbs and it did not help, at least not noticeably. The high beams work fine. The low beams are so bad that it is actually hard to see the road right in front of the car at night and the glare from oncoming headlights renders the low beams practically useless. This results with us doing most of our nighttime driving with the high beams on, even in traffic. We can't see the road without doing that.

NHTSA ID

11501310

Incident

Dec 15, 2022

The forward facing lights on my 2014 Santa Fe are so dim, I have to drive with the bright lights on just to be able to see at night. I’ve replaced the bulbs twice and they are still dim. Fog lights work, brights works, it’s just the regular night vision lights. I have resort to go slower than normal speed when driving at night because I can’t see. Thank God for street lights and road lamps. Hyundai try and resolve this issue. Thanks

NHTSA ID

11451299

Incident

Jan 1, 2021

The drivers side low beam headlight did not come on....Replaced the light bulb and it worked, so reinstalled the light assy into its housing,,checked it and it did work.... 5 hours later as i was leaving home the drivers side low beam was not lite again.....The next day, replaced the bulb with a new one thinking I got a bad bulb....Same thing happened...I have a lite headlight on the passenger side, high beams work, turn signals work, fog lamps work..So it is not a fuse or a relay. Googled 2014 Hyundai santa fe low beam headlight and found this is a common, constant, and unresolved issue..Called my Hyundai dealer, earliest he can look at the car is weeks away. so the safety issue is how do I drive at night ? Hyundai must be aware of this issue, but there is not any recall I can find..I know I am using a correct replacement bulb, and they cost $18.00 each......Thank you

NHTSA ID

11423464

Incident

Jun 5, 2021

HEADLIGHTS ARE INEFFECTIVE . LIGHTS NOW ONLY LIGHT APPROX 15 FEET IN FRONT OF CAR DOES NOT LIGHT SIDE OF ROAD. I HAVE HAD THE DEALER REALIGN HEAD LIGHTS AT LEAST FOUR TIMES NO EFFECT. I HAVE REPLACE TOE BULBS WITH JUST ABOUT EVERY BULB AVAILABLE LED AND HALOGENS 55WATTS TO 100WATTS NO EFFECTIVE CHANGE. FOR THE FIRST SEVERAL YEARS THEY WERE GREAT STREET SIGNS WERE CLEARLY SHOWN NOW LANE MARKERS SPEED SIGNS ARE ONLY VISIBLE AS YOU PASS THEM. LIGHT DOES APPEAR TO PASS THRU THE LENSES NOW. I HAVE TALK TO OTHER DRIVERS WITH SIMILAR CARS THEY ARE ALSO HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. THE HEADLIGHT ARE FROM EARLIER MODELS 2013 AND EARLIER WITH USED H11B LIGHTS NO AUTO PARTS STORES SHOW H11B FOR 2014 SANTA FE CATALOGS SHOW H11 BULB FOR THIS CAR. I BELIEVE THE LENS HAVE DETERIORATED TO THE POINT LIGHT BARELY PASSES THRU. DRIVING IN RAIN OR FOG IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE CLEARLY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE

NHTSA ID

11308762

Incident

Jan 9, 2015

Mileage

50,000 mi

MY HEAD LIGHTS FLICKERS OFF DRIVING. WHEN I BARELY MOVE THE HEAD LIGHT CONTROLLER, IT USUALLY TURNS BACK ON.

NHTSA ID

11302085

Incident

Jan 1, 2019

Mileage

66,000 mi

MY HEAD LIGHTS WILL CUT OFF AT NIGHT DRIVING. WHEN I LIGHTLY MOVE THE HEAD LIGHT CONTROLLER, IT WILL USUALLY TURN BACK ON

NHTSA ID

11302084

Incident

Jan 1, 2020

VERY NOTICEABLE ENGINE TICKING WHEN RUNNING. BUT WHEN YOU REV MOTOR A LITTLE, IT STOPS. THIS HAPPENS IN PARK. BUT WHEN DRIVING, I DON'T NOTICE THE TICKING. THIS STARTED ABOUT 2 WEEKS AFTER I BOUGHT IT.

NHTSA ID

11302080

Incident

Jan 7, 2019

WHILE DRIVING AT 7:30PM ON A BACK ROAD ON A SATURDAY, BOTH OF MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME. I PULLED ONTO A DIRT DRIVEWAY AND TURNED MY CAR OFF AND NOTICED THEY CAME BACK ON. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED BACK HOME AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP ON MONDAY. THEY REPLACED A FUSE BOX, AND I PICKED MY CAR UP. ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF LATER, IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT. IN ADDITION THIS TIME, MY SEAT WARMERS WOULD COME ON FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS, AND THEN SHUT OFF. I TOOK IT BACK UP TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT. THEY HAD IT FOR 2 WEEKS. THEY JUST REPLACED THE FUSE AND DROVE IT OVER 20 MILES TRYING TO GET IT TO GO OUT AGAIN AND COULDN'T. I PICKED MY CAR BACK UP. A DAY AND A HALF LATER, BOTH MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AGAIN DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. I NOTICED THIS BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING AND I COULDN'T GET MY WIPERS TO WORK. I KEPT TRYING MY WIPERS, AND THE ONLY SETTING THEY WOULD WORK ON WAS THE 3RD SPEED SETTING. I TRIED MY LIGHTS AND MY SEAT WARMERS AGAIN, AND NO LUCK. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY SAID THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS CLOSED ALREADY (3:00PM) AND THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL MONDAY, SO I DROVE IT HOME. TOOK IT BACK UP THERE ON MONDAY, EXPLAINED THAT THIS WAS THE 3RD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, AND IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED BECAUSE IT'S A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. THEY HAD IT FOR A WEEK OR SO AND CALLED ME AND SAID THEY REPLACED THE FUSE ONCE AGAIN, AND DROVE IT OVER 215 MILES AND COULDN'T GET THE CAR TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. THEY SAID MY CAR HAD THEM STUMPED. THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE CONFIDENT IT WAS GOING TO BE OKAY. I LEFT, AND LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER I GOT THE CAR, I WAS DRIVING AT 7:00PM AND THEY WENT OUT AGAIN, THIS TIME AN HOUR AWAY FROM MY HOUSE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE THIS IS A SCARY ISSUE, AND THEY CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM AND FIX IT.

NHTSA ID

11180859

Incident

Dec 22, 2018

Mileage

86,000 mi

FOG LIGHTS COMING LOOSE.

NHTSA ID

10971045

Incident

Mar 20, 2017

Mileage

25,000 mi

I LIVE AND WORK IN THE CITY AND COUNTY, TUCSON, ARIZONA. IN THE COUNTY THERE ARE GENERALLY NO STREET LIGHTS AT ROAD INTERSECTIONS. MY NEW CAR (2015 HYUNDAI SANTA FE) DOES NOT HAVE ANY RUNNING LIGHTS ON THE SIDE THAT PROVIDE SIDE ILLUMINATION AT NIGHT. I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE INCIDENTS WHEN MAKING RIGHT AND LEFT HAND TURNS ONTO STREETS/ROADS WITHOUT STREET LIGHTS WHERE MY CAR'S LIGHTS DO NOT ILLUMINATE THE ROAD I AM TURNING ONTO UNTIL I COMPLETELY MAKE THE TURN. IN SEVERAL INSTANCES AS I MADE THE TURN I COULD NOT SEE THE ROAD AND I OVER SHOT THE TURN AND DROVE WELL ONTO THE BERM AND WAS ABLE TO STOP AND STEER BACK ONTO THE ROAD OR I TURNED TOO SOON. ANOTHER INSTANCE WAS WHEN I WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND WAS ABLE TO STOP BEFORE HITTING THE BOTTOM. LUCKILY THESE WERE NO ACCIDENTS INVOLVING VEHICLE DAMAGE OR PERSONAL INJURY/DEATH. THE ONLY WAY THAT I CAN SEE THE SIDE STREET, ROAD OR DRIVEWAY I AM TURNING ONTO IS TO TURN ON MY BRIGHT LIGHTS. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS VERY UPSETTING TO ONCOMING DRIVERS AND A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE. IN ADDITION, AT NIGHT WHEN STOPPED OR DRIVING STRAIGHT THERE IS A BLACK VOID APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. ON ONE OCCASION I PRACTICALLY RAN OVER AN OBSTACLE SINCE IT WAS TOO DARK TO SEE IT. I TOOK THE SUV TO MY HYUNDAI DEALER AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEMS. THEIR SOLUTION IS TO USE THE FOG LAMPS ALL THE TIME AT NIGHT. THIS ADDRESSES THE BLACK VOID IN FRONT OF THE CAR. IT DOES NOT SOLVE THE RIGHT/LEFT TURN ROAD LIGHTING ISSUE UNLESS I USED MY HIGH BEAMS TO EXECUTE THE TURN. THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS TYPE OF COMPLAINT BY OTHER OWNERS. I ASKED IF THEY WOULD CONTACT THE FIELD REPRESENTATIVE TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY FIXES TO THIS PROBLEM. TO DATE, I HAVE NOT HAD A REPLY. I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THIS HEADLAMP DESIGN DEFECT SINCE IT PUTS MY PASSENGERS, OTHER DRIVERS, AND MYSELF AT RISK. *TR

NHTSA ID

10671614

Incident

Dec 11, 2014

Mileage

400 mi