Misaligned headlights

Well, that didn't last very long. :confused: The yellow warning light for AFLS failure came back on last night. No directional headlights coming back home from work. So I call them this morning, they apologized for the inconvenience and I'm going to leave the Stinger to them next Wednesday and they're going to lend me a courtesy car for as long as it takes to try and fix the issue, all free of charge of course.

The thing is, that it's intermittent. Sometimes the system initializes itself fine and manages to work, but most of the time not. And it seems unrelated to temperature because they did work in -15 C recently.

I did notice that there was some condensation inside the headlight housing on that side once before (the right side which seems to fail to initialize and calibrate itself at startup looking at the light beam little dance at night). So perhaps excessive humidity inside the housing might be the culprit?

It wouldn't be such a big deal (because the headlights do work remaining in their fixed position) if not for the fact that this is a $50K car, so I expect everything to work perfectly on a 2-year-old car with only 38 000 km (roughly 24 000 miles) on it.

...to be continued. I'll keep you posted.
 
Yup, Canada, I never get apologies, only "it looks fine to us, try again later". At least you get the warning light to definitely show something's off.
 
On my last visit, while Kia's computer system was down, the tech finally suggested I email a picture illustrating my concern because they weren't able to see the issue. You guys can see the issue with this picture right, with me backing away from the wall straight back from the parking space?
 

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On my last visit, while Kia's computer system was down, the tech finally suggested I email a picture illustrating my concern because they weren't able to see the issue. You guys can see the issue with this picture right, with me backing away from the wall straight back from the parking space?
I see the right "cutout" is higher than the left one. But it's pretty subtle.
 
On my last visit, while Kia's computer system was down, the tech finally suggested I email a picture illustrating my concern because they weren't able to see the issue. You guys can see the issue with this picture right, with me backing away from the wall straight back from the parking space?
I think more information is required. .. how far is the wall and is the ground perfectly level left to right. .. a couple of degrees over distance can make a difference.
 
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The wall ends up being about 30 feet away and the ground is level. My concern is that the lights are pushed leftward, can you guys see that my right left beam basically moves to center and the left one moves outward?
 
The wall ends up being about 30 feet away and the ground is level. My concern is that the lights are pushed leftward, can you guys see that my right left beam basically moves to center and the left one moves outward?
Now that you point it out, yes; it appears that way. But you are reversing. And unless you can duplicate this every time, all you're seeing is the variance in reversing.
 
It's reproducible, but why would it vary with reversing if I'm going straight?
 
It's reproducible, but why would it vary with reversing if I'm going straight?
Human variability. You think that you're backing straight out. But the wheels are never perfectly straight; you'll be off inches, and more so the further back you go.
 
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Dont forget headlights are not aimed directly ahead... but it's worth having it checked out
I understand that but it shouldn't be pointing into opposing traffic right, more away from center (since I'm in the US)?
 
I understand that but it shouldn't be pointing into opposing traffic right, more away from center (since I'm in the US)?
Do you have the AFLS (also called Dynamic Bending Light which will follow the steering wheel position past a certain speed and when the headlight switch is in the "auto" position) system on your GT2 ? If not, then I think that the pointing position of the headlights would be manually adjustable?

But if you do have AFLS, then it could be a miscalibration of the system perhaps?
Anyway, it definitely doesn't look quite right (when compared to mine). It looks like the right lamp is pointing slightly inwards (judging by the position of the infamous little dark dip at the top)?
 
Do you have the AFLS (also called Dynamic Bending Light which will follow the steering wheel position past a certain speed and when the headlight switch is in the "auto" position) system on your GT2 ? If not, then I think that the pointing position of the headlights would be manually adjustable?

But if you do have AFLS, then it could be a miscalibration of the system perhaps?
Anyway, it definitely doesn't look quite right (when compared to mine). It looks like the right lamp is pointing slightly inwards (judging by the position of the infamous little dark dip at the top)?
I do have it on (in Auto) but even if I don't, the lights stay at this position when not turning. I wish I knew how to manually adjust them, there is nothing accessible in the L/R screw hole. In fact the very first time I took it in to the dealer last year, they said they didn't know to adjust it and had me come back later (to no luck).
 
I do have it on (in Auto) but even if I don't, the lights stay at this position when not turning. I wish I knew how to manually adjust them, there is nothing accessible in the L/R screw hole.
When you start the car, observe the little light dance of the self-calibration on that wall, it should go from leveled, to lowered straight down, then a slight side-to-side motion, and then back up to the centered position. If they don't then there might be something wrong with the AFLS system perhaps? With AFLS equipped Stingers, I don't believe there are any manual adjustments for positioning the headlights, since it's the system's own accelerometers that detect the car's attitude and position the headlights accordingly (for levelling them when the back of the car is lower due to heavy passengers in the back, lol!).
 
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So I hit a nasty pothole yesterday and I believe it somehow made my passenger headlight put significantly lower than driver side. No other damage luckily, I think I have my pressure to high in tires. I'm glad I didn't have a blowout. So, I have in the past changed the headlight beam height and I had no issue. I went out last night to fix it with my handy dandy screwdriver. Come to realize, my K&N Intakes block the access to the adjustment hole. So I have to take off part of my intake now? Haha. Not that big of a deal but kind of annoying. Big oof.webp
 
Nobody found this funny? What a waste of a good joke... me just trying to be the comic-relief here lmfao!
I'm waiting for the lizard to start expounding on politics; consider the source. Hah.:P
 
I'm waiting for the lizard to start expounding on politics; consider the source. Hah.:p

Sorry I legit don't understand what you mean lmfao!

Not being sarcastic lol! Are chameleons a political thing? Like I know Donkeys and Elephants... I sound so young and dumb lol! :p
 
Small intermediate update: My dealer still has my Stinger to find out the cause of the intermittent failure of the AFLS. No news yet. They've had it in since last Wednesday.
I'm driving a 2021 Kia Seltos EX (AWD) lent to me free of charge in the meantime. This CUV is a real piece of garbage. Reminds me of the Sportage of the early 2000's. Underpowered (awful CVT), cheap ass interior materials, driving this feels like I'm sitting atop of a post blowing in the wind! I feel like I'm driving a 3-year-old car, and this is brand new (with only 2000 KM, or about 1200 miles on it)! I hope Kia doesn't rely on this POS to raise its reputation for quality? Even my friend's Hyundai Kona feels of higher quality, although slightly more cramped. Heck, even the Kia Niro Hybrid that they lent me for a day last week felt better than this, and this is supposed to be superior? Anyway, SUVs or CUVs are definitely not for me!
 
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