They prefer not to address a serious safety issue. When driving on very dark roads in my 2015 Hyundai Sonata Sport with the HID projector headlights, the impression sitting behind the wheel(and observed by passengers, as well) on an undulating road is that suddenly a very dark tint has come over the windshield and there is only a narrow portion of the windshield where the road is still visible. Often the visible area is much less road than needs to be seen at the speed that one is traveling when the«black out» happens. When first observed, it is a puzzling and terrifying experience. A more technical explanation of the this problem is as follows: While going down a slope the projector’s cut-off of light shifts downward and the headlight’s beam distance is significantly diminished out in front of the car(headlights appear to be driven down into the road surface). Obviously, this creates a safety issue because the driver cannot see pedestrians and animals out in front of the car to allow adequate and safe stopping distances. Additionally, road safety signs cannot be read on undulating roads because they are not illuminated since the beam of light is being driven down on the down-slopes. Likewise, when a driver is driving up a grade the projector’s cut-off of light shifts up further than it would on a flat road and more of the high beam intense light is unintentionally directed into the eyes of oncoming traffic. Both of these two unintended consequences of projector headlights can lead to extremely dangerous driving conditions. Selecting the high beam does in some cases provide needed lighting for safer navigation but when this situation presented itself to me for the first time, employing the high beam was not a natural reaction for me and use of the high beam is not always an option. Even before I had experienced this«black out» effect, both my wife and I had bemoaned the very poor side visibility when turning corners which can also be attributed to the focused beam of the HID projector light. This also presents a very dangerous situation for pedestrians crossing at dimly lit intersections and to the driver for any other obstacle that might lurk in the unlit area that is being turned into. Both the car dealership and the manufacturer firmly avow that this is just the way the headlights work(exactly as they were designed) and are perfectly safe and I should have no concern. I have been informed that in this situation that Jim Click’s first loyalty is to their manufacturers and the only solution that they can offer me is to trade my 2015 Sonata Sport(which has less than 5,000 miles on it and which otherwise I like very much) in on another automobile. Given where I have seen this dealership’s loyalties and priorities lie, I cannot see this scenario playing out well for me.
