Poor lights on Tucson

We bought a 17 Tucson recently.

The dip lights are extremely poor, it’s almost impossible to see in front of you without full headlights. Is this normal for this car? Can the lights be improved?

wonski

I would check the lights alignment first.

Go to any garage, shouldn't cost more than 25 euro iirc.

Check for obvious signs like clouded reflectors etc, but for such a new car that would be unusual.

Are these led, xenons or just normal halogens?

I don’t know what kind of lights they are. I find it hard to believe that there should be a problem when it’s so new and it was bought from Charles Hurst so I thought that was a reputable dealer. I was thinking it might be a generic fault they all have? It’s a death trap at night on country roads!

bazz26

Try upgrading the dipped bulbs to something like Osram Nightbreakers.

phill106

any chance you are driving with just dims or drl's on? might sound sllly, but have a quick check of the manual, and flick through the lights in your driveway so you are sure?

Spook_ie

Also worth checking for faulty bulbs if they are LED, rented a Prius with similar problem, new bulb fixed it

phill106

phill106 wrote: »

any chance you are driving with just dims or drl's on? might sound sllly, but have a quick check of the manual, and flick through the lights in your driveway so you are sure?

Thanks for the advice, did that on day one and had someone stand watching the lights

colm_mcm

Are the lights dipped down? Should be set to “0” height

colm_mcm

colm_mcm wrote: »

Are the lights dipped down? Should be set to “0” height

Tried that too!

micks_address

SnowyMuckish wrote: »

Tried that too!

If they halogen lights they are terrible... Try the orsram nightbreakers or Philips Xtreme vision.. you'll change bulbs more every 8 months but it's as close to led lights you'll get..

micks_address

micks_address wrote: »

If they halogen lights they are terrible... Try the orsram nightbreakers or Philips Xtreme vision.. you'll change bulbs more every 8 months but it's as close to led lights you'll get..

Are they expensive?

colm_mcm

No. Around €30

Thanks for all the help!

puppydogeyes

We have the i35 2015 model and lights are horrific. Can hardly see when dipped.

blackbox

I had one of those for a while (might have been 2016) and the lights were OK. Had standard halogen bulbs.

I'd be confident that yours can be improved by alignment and possibly new bulbs.

wonski

I would still look into alignment first, before spending money on bulbs.

You can even roughly check it yourself when parked against a wall, but again it isn't that expensive to rule it out in the garage to be sure.

creedp

puppydogeyes wrote: »

We have the i35 2015 model and lights are horrific. Can hardly see when dipped.

I've the same problem with a 2016 Nissan Leaf. The oem halogen bulbs were hopeless so I upgraded them to night breakers and while it improved the light they are still quite poor. It must be a poor design issue as I am always amazed at how much better the lights are on my 08 smax which are also halogen nightbreakers

garv123

Dipped bulbs on the i40 are awful too. Must be a hyundai thing.

CoBo55

Is it poor light output or are they down on the ground?

ednwireland

stupid question but do you clean the glass regularly ?

beauf

ednwireland wrote: »

stupid question but do you clean the glass regularly ?

Have to say that in decades of driving I never had to do this.
Car gets washed once a month, maybe.

That said I'm driving mainly in the city. Might be different in the countryside.

DaveyDave

wonski wrote: »

I would still look into alignment first, before spending money on bulbs.

You can even roughly check it yourself when parked against a wall, but again it isn't that expensive to rule it out in the garage to be sure.

Agreed. It was a common complaint on the 2nd gen i30, people couldn't see far enough so they had to make adjustments.

New bulbs would make a big difference too. The ones in my mam's i30 were very dull and fairly yellow compared to other cars I've driven. You don't even need those high end Osram bulbs to make a difference, any decent quality bulb should so the job.

ednwireland

beauf wrote: »

Have to say that in decades of driving I never had to do this.
Car gets washed once a month, maybe.

That said I'm driving mainly in the city. Might be different in the countryside.

i always find cold dry weather and salted roads the worst, used to have to do it all the time clean the lights halfway along a journey.

dont do it as often now maybe the aero an modern cars is better - dont drive as much either