2010 Hyundai Genesis Exterior lighting Problems

“Hello NHTSA administrator, I bought a new Hyundai Genesis in march 2010. Around august 2010, I had a small fender bender in the parking lot. To keep warranty intact on the car, Hyundai insisted that the wiring harness on the car be replaced, which I did for approximately $5000. Since then, I have had multiple electronic items go bad in the car. I replaced some of these at my own expense. But the problem has gotten worse with some expensive electronic components going bad over the last 2 years. …”

“1) almost hit from oncoming traffic at a stop light, when I was attempting to make a left hand turn. The signal turned yellow so I tried to turn left before I realized the oncoming car was going to run the light. I took my foot off the brake and hit the gas to make a quick turn to avoid the oncoming car. The car stalled for a second as I pressed the gas into the turn, then kicked into full power, screeching the tires. I thought this was a fluke but his same problem of stalling for a few seconds when depressing the brake and hitting the gas at takeoff keeps happening intermittently. …”

“We just recently purchased this car. The headlights are more like spot lights instead of flood. At night, the low beam bulbs direct a light down low, and there's a horizon above them, which is dark. It's a horizontal line ahead of you. When you start down a hill, towards the bottom, the dark area completely covers the road ahead. You cannot see anything in front and above you, like the road climbing in front of you. Also, that horizontal dark line moves up and down with the bumps in the road, and almost brings on motion sickness. If we get in a hilly area, that could become possible. …”

“Headlights flash when switching from auto to on position. Occasionally the headlights in the on positon will blackout for 2-5 seconds until headlight stalk is giggled. There is an electrical noise (like a short circuit sound...a pop ) when switching from auto to on. The turn signals also seem to trigger the short circuit . All of these conditions can occur moving or standing still.on any type of roadway.”

“Headights turn off for several seconds while driving then come on again eventually. Both headlamps go off together. Headlight switch in manual on position, not the auto on/off position which I do not use.”