IIHS will be crash testing the Telluride tomorrow

[telluride]

Gotta love BMW. From their X1 test

 

[NicciV]

So I saw the testing results for the Telluride are finally posted on IIHS and all good except the headlights rated poor, but I thought they were testing the SX which I thought had the LED headlights which I would have thought would’ve had a better score... can anyone clarify if I am reading these results correctly??

 

[bellrm00]

So I saw the testing results for the Telluride are finally posted on IIHS and all good except the headlights rated poor, but I thought they were testing the SX which I thought had the LED headlights which I would have thought would’ve had a better score... can anyone clarify if I am reading these results correctly??

It looks like they were testing the halogen lamps on the lower trims (LX, S, EX): https://www.iihs.org/ratings/vehicle/kia/telluride-4-door-suv/2020#headlights

 

[Smolenski7]

This is great news. A perfect rating in all categories (including subtests), except headlights, shows what a great SUV this is. I personally think the lights are fine on my S-trim, I don't see (get it?) any problems. Other vehicles can see me and I can see them. In the end, I feel very comfortable letting my teens drive this car.

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[Retroguy]

The headlights are super bright on my SX. I've been pulled over at night and people in cars on the opposite side of me put their visors down. NIce to see the results were good!

 

[suzukichick]

Gotta love BMW. From their X1 test

That’s because BMW drivers consider pedestrians inferior.

 

[gnaledge]

For what it's worth, most cars do not receive a good rating on headlights. It appears vehicles need to have high beam assist (HBA) and curve-adaptive HID/LED lights to get that rating. The SX trim has HBA and LED headlights which is probably why that trim is NOT listed in the report.

"As of March 2019, 14 percent of headlight systems tested on model year 2019 vehicles received a good rating. More than half were rated marginal or poor because of inadequate visibility, excessive glare from low beams for oncoming drivers, or both."

https://www.iihs.org/topics/headlights

 

[PBandTelly]

That’s because BMW drivers consider pedestrians inferior.

lol