How can I adjust beam height?

[The Aspiring Engineer]

I've noticed my Kia has the beams pointing so low I cannot see properly with the low beams, how can the headlights be adjusted?

 

[robz32]

If you have the Light bending system you will need to take it the dealer and have them adjust it.

 

[The Aspiring Engineer]

If you have the Light bending system you will need to take it the dealer and have them adjust it.

Its a GT2, LED lights I think.
I guess that yeah, I'll have to go to a dealer

 

[robz32]

Correct...Your car is equipped with the light bending system. Take it to a dealer, don't risk it

 

[Mach_Tuck]

I am in the same boat. There are adjustment "shafts" in the engine bay but there are no adjustments screws at the bottom of said shafts. @Killa200 seemed to think the GT2 had to be adjusted via coding done at the dealer only.

Total waste of a trip for such a think that should be easily adjusted by the operator. My M3 has has this feather and i can still manually adjust them up/down and left/right. No reason i can think of to make this a "needs to be coded" item.

 

[TomTom26]

Please take a picture of the bottom.
There must be screws.
Every KIA is adjustable by a screwdriver...

 

[Mach_Tuck]

Please take a picture of the bottom.
There must be screws.
Every KIA is adjustable by a screwdriver...

Shaft is too narrow to be able to see anything...at least with any camera i have access to. If you have a GT2 trim, no camera is needed. Put the screwdriver down the shaft for L/R and you will see the screwdriver head pop out the bottom of said shaft.

There does appear to be a plastic bit at the bottom of the U/D shaft, however, it appears to be a retaining clip or pop rivet and does not move at all. I do know that some Audi also have to be adjusted via programming.

Ill try to snap a pic of the screwdriver coming out the bottom.

There is another thread and the 2.0 lights appear to use the shafts and are tunable via the same.

 

[eflyguy]

The owners manual specifically says to keep the headlights adjusted correctly UNLESS you have auto-leveling, in which case, see your dealer.

 

[Mach_Tuck]

Yes, it seems that everything in my manual says "see dealer" Even the license plate bulb, because LED, needs to go to dealer. Really? Is the LED unit so advanced that i cannot pop it out and put another in its place?

I am curious, however, why put the adjustment shaft there is no reason. I get ease of assembly but given all the other stuff they "stole" from the US market, seems funny to have the piece there with no use.

 

[eflyguy]

To reduce costs, uses the same housing for all models but no manual adjust on the auto-leveling models.

 

[Mach_Tuck]

To reduce costs, uses the same housing for all models but no manual adjust on the auto-leveling models.

Yeah i get that, however, the housing is most likely different since there is no manual adjustment hardware there??

All well, i will add this to the dealer list once my first free oil change comes around.