Does Your Kia Need New Headlights?

Headlights that arent working correctly can place you, other drivers, and pedestrians in danger. At night or any time of low visibility, your headlights are essential to allow you to both see and be seen. As your Kia dealer, your safety is important to us. If your headlights are showing signs of trouble, we can replace them with new headlights.

Signs You Need New Headlights From Your Kia Dealer

Discolored Lenses

The lenses that protect your headlights are made from clear plastic. Over time, these lenses can get scratched by grit and other debris thrown up from the road. They can also start to fade due to sunlight exposure. This damage may seem merely cosmetic, but it does have a serious impact on your car’s visibility at night.

Sunlight will gradually degrade the clear coating, and at night your headlights will appear to be yellow. This color change reduces the maximum distance that other vehicles and pedestrians can see your car. Excessive scratches on the lenses will also reduce your maximum visibility, and in the dark visibility is vitally important. We can replace your lenses with new clear ones.

Frequent Bulb Failures

Headlight bulbs have a lifespan of 500 to 30,000 hours, depending on the type of bulb. If you find that you’re replacing your bulbs much faster, this is a sign that there’s a problem with your lights, your electrical system, or both. Your bulb sockets, for example, could be water damaged. The water will create a short that can damage your bulbs.

Electrical system problems can also cause your bulbs to fail. Bulbs are delicate, and they depend on a constant and consistent power supply. Fluctuations in the power supply will place additional strain on the bulbs and reduce their lifespan. Damage to the wiring harness or a worn alternator is two possible causes of electrical problems. Our technicians will find the source of the problem and fix it.

Damaged Lenses

As we’ve seen, the lenses protect your headlights. They prevent dirt and water from entering and damaging the bulbs. The lenses can, however, get damaged, and if they do, this will affect the bulbs. A crack in a lens can allow water in, and this causes several problems, including shorting the wiring, fogging the lens, and creating rust in the bulb socket.

A rusted socket may not work, or it can reduce the life of any bulb placed in it. Water that gets behind the lens will slowly fog the lens and make it more difficult for your headlights to be seen. A short in the wiring will cause a variety of ongoing headlight problems. Driving with a damaged lens is also a traffic violation, and you can receive a ticket.

Headlight problems can result in an accident, a ticket, or both. If you’re experiencing headlight problems, call our service department right away at Crain Kia of Fayetteville. Our experts can easily replace headlight bulbs, and we can trace and repair any other problems we find.

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