GMC Hit With Lawsuit Over Sierra's Headlights

I think there is something to this beyond the fact that the headlights on these trucks are too high off the ground. It has been my experience that GM vehicles of just about all makes have crap headlights, as evidenced by the fact that a good 50% of them seem to have their bright lights on continuously after dark. GMC and Chevy trucks, Buicks and Chevy cars seem to be the worst offenders, regardless of age of the vehicle. Nissan drivers do this a lot, as well, but are a distant second. Everyone else is just noise. To me, it doesn't matter whether or not their lights are DOT certified and meet all applicable guidelines, if the users of these vehicles are going to run their brights all the time and blind all oncoming traffic, there IS an issue that needs to be resolved. Why the police don't stop and harass these people on a regular basis is beyond me; they *never* respond to a headlight flash by dimming their own lights. It's "f-you, I gotta see." Where I come from, people who tend to drive with the brights on are more likely to be drunk drivers, yet I doubt drunk drivers only drive GM product. And while we're examining the safety and efficacy of headlights in cars, can we please convince the automakers to spend the tenth of a penny per lens to coat them in something protective so they don't turn yellow and fog up after three years' exposure to sunlight? Fords of a certain vintage are the worst in this regard, although my VW lights are damn near as bad. And they can't be fixed with a polish because the fogging is on the INSIDE of the plastic lens as much as it is the outside.

Having had all the updates done the lights in my 2500HD are still poor at best. The lights cast patterns and shadows and the peripheral lighting is poor. I owned a 2014 2500HD and the the lights were far better than these as they were a standard 2 bulb system. For $65,000 you would think GM could have done a better job. Chevrolet still uses a 2 bulb system which imho is the only way to make decent light on a tall vehicle like a truck. For now I'll wait and see because unlike some folks I don't think it's my job to fix their problem. I'm not buying into he aftermarket HID or LED kits because GM should fix this. GM also has an issue with the turn signal marker lights on the drivers side mirror which will blind you at night. They came up with a fix for that as well which is better but shouldn't have ever been an issue to begin with. It is quite dangerous imho.