Among the dozen SUVs that earned a Poor rating were the Audi (VLKPY) Q3, Buick (GM) Encore, Honda HR-V and Subaru (FUJHY) Forester. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows there are 136 glare-related complaints submitted on 2013-2017 vehicle models, with just seven of those coming from 2017 models so far. The good-rated HID headlights are available if XC60 purchasers upgrade to the "advanced package" or the "active dual xenon headlights package.". In an effort to prevent, nighttime crashes, the IIHS has included headlight ratings for the first time ever in their evaluation of Top Safety Picks. Business. 32 Junkyard Backgrounds for Your Zoom Calls, 7 Coupes and Cabrios You Can Import on a Budget, Riley Stair Pontiac Is Third Hot Wheels Legend, Alex Trebek Once Finished 15th at Long Beach, Visibility, glare and inadequate output all listed as reasons for poor headlight performance, Adaptive headlights aim to be the next must-have safety feature, This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. "IIHS study finds just 2 of 37 SUV headlights rate 'good'" originally appeared on Automotive News on 6/13/17. © 2020 Cable News Network. Despite the glare problems and poor headlight ratings, the 2017 Sorento and 2017 Santa Fe Sport both were regarded as an IIHS Top Safety Pick because of their optional front crash prevention. While the Hyundai Santa Fe had a headlight combination that performed in the top category, the Santa Fe Sport has three different headlight combinations and all three-rate poor because they create excessive glare. Morningstar: © 2019 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. IIHS said 17 of the 79 headlight variants would be rated as poor due to excessive glare alone and glare complaints are common. Headlight performance is critical because, according the Institute, about half of traffic deaths occur at night or during the low-light hours of dawn or dusk. The XC60 has curve-adaptive HID projector headlights available, which earned it the top rating. Call our team of car-buying experts at 888-427-4270 or get started today. As of this writing, the IIHS has performed headlight tests on mid-sized sedans, small SUVs, and pick-up trucks. And none of those 12 models even offer better headlights as an option. It conducts its own crash tests and other safety tests that are different from those conducted by the federal government's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. According to IIHS, most headlights in vehicles have one of three different light sources, which include halogen, high-intensity discharge (HID) or LED. Researchers tested how far the SUVs lights traveled, as well as whether oncoming vehicles experienced excessive glare. The best available lights indicated the ratings for the model. The two categories, luxury and non-luxury, each had one model given a good rating for their best available headlight system. For example, the rating applies only to the Limited version of the Hyundai Tucson. This is the fourth group of vehicles that IIHS has tested and evaluated since it began rating headlights in 2016. "Still, we continue to see headlights that compromise safety because they only provide a short view down the road at night.". The good-rated headlights are available in the "tech package" which can be added on to the two "ultimate" versions of the Santa Fe, the "SE Ultimate" and "Limited Ultimate" but not the two more basic versions, the "SE" and the "Limited," according to its website. "SUV headlights are mounted higher than car headlights, so they generally should be aimed lower," said Insurance Institute Senior Research Engineer Matthew Brumbelow. The Kia Sorento was one of the worst tested by IIHS in terms of visibility on straightaways and gradual curves. According to IIHS, the Santa Fe's base halogen headlights earn a poor rating due to inadequate visibility. "Instead, many of them are aimed higher than the car headlights we've tested so far.". The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is a private group financed by auto insurers. have resulted in less models being awarded as an IIHS Top Safety Pick+, IIHS Top Safety Pick because of their optional front crash prevention, IIHS study finds just 2 of 37 SUV headlights rate 'good'. Among the dozen SUVs that earned a Poor rating were the Audi Q3, Buick Encore, Honda HR-V and Subaru Forester. "As a group, midsize SUV headlights perform slightly better than the other SUVs and pickups we evaluated last year, and that's encouraging," IIHS senior research engineer Matt Brumbelow said in a statement. IIHS gave good or acceptable ratings to just 14 of the 37 midsize SUV models in its most recent study, leaving 23 models in the "marginal" or "poor" ranges.

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