Sorry, brake light bulb replacement. Not the entire tail night.

 

Guess I'm lucky. Drivers side twice last 2 years. Passenger once 3 years ago. Never had to worry about previous cars, rav4 over 9 years, maxima over 7 years owned. The fact that it is so hard to remove is what ticks me off.
a little sil-glyde on the bayonets help.

 

i had both my tail light bulbs fail on me last winter, not at the same time. I did buy two bulbs and was going to replace the second one but at the time it was insanely cold outside and I just wanted to have both sides functioning again. About a month later I was forced to do it as the second one had failed but at least the weather was much better.

but otherwise i've never had any issues with the bulbs anywhere.

 

Man, it's so annoyingly painful to see you guys going thru this so regularly. Glad mine tail lights are LEDs!

Hope mine won't ever go out because otherwise I'm selling the car. I'm sure replacing that whole assembly will cost me an arm and a leg.

 

After replacing mine several times a year I finally went LED. Time will tell.

 

2016 SXL here - have never replaced a bulb.

 

Your top of the line model probably has mostly LED lights?

my SX has mostly LEDs, even the interior lights. However my turn signals look like regular bulbs.Anyway, I never had to replace any bulbs so far as well.

 

Your top of the line model probably has mostly LED lights?

Nope - only for the high mounted stop above the hatch. They weren't doing much LED back in '16.

 

Really? So I wonder if the top of the line Sorentos are just better built or better designed?

And whoever's responsible for these top of the line V6 Sorentos probably have moved on to build Tellurides?

 

Things like the taillight assemblies on the '16 were the same across trim levels. All arrived on the factory floor from the same source regardless of trim. No explanation here.

 

Zero bulb replacement for me also.

 

Hyundai/Kia factory is so weird. Just like their engines. Either they prematurely explode or they last forever.

 

Right side has never failed.

Until now. Again, would not come out. This time, we used the packing tape method because gloves didn't get it. Tape worked great, (just getting a good length piece from being stuck to it's roll was a nightmare).

 

I have had my passenger brake light bulb fail two years in a row.