The QL is the Sportage built 2016–2021. The registration's age identifier is the quickest check: 16 to 71 plate. The V5C gives the first-registration date, and this generation's fitments apply from the first 2016 cars onwards up to the 2021 run-out.
Year
Plates issued
Generation
2016
16 / 66
Sportage QL
2017
17 / 67
Sportage QL
2018
18 / 68
Sportage QL
2019
19 / 69
Sportage QL
2020
20 / 70
Sportage QL
2021
21 / 71
Sportage QL
Bulbs
2016–2021 · bulbsAll 10 verified
Dip beam (low)HB3VerifiedOften listed as H7 elsewhere — halogen cars use ONE bi-function HB3 60W projector bulb for dip and main (service manual lists a single Headlamp High/Low socket; agmvision QL list HB3). Xenon variants D3S; some facelift trims LED.
Main beam (high)HB3VerifiedHalogen cars use ONE bi-function HB3 60W projector bulb for low+high (manual: single 'Headlamp (High/Low)' bulb-socket). Xenon variants D3S. Dip beam row should also be HB3, not H7. UK code 9005.
Front fogH27/1 (880)VerifiedOften listed as H27/2 (881) elsewhere — Both autodoc.co.uk and autodoc.parts list H27W/1 12V27W PG13 as the Sportage fog bulb, not H27/2(881); H8 35W appears as an alternate for some QL model years. No HB4 found.
Sidelight / DRLW5WVerifiedPosition/sidelight bulb; separate DRL function is LED and non-replaceable on LED-DRL trims.
Front indicatorPY21WVerifiedAutodoc indicator bulb category for Sportage explicitly lists PY21W among compatible options alongside P21W/W5W/WY5W. Amber bayonet bulb in headlamp unit.
Rear indicatorPY21WVerifiedagmvision and cararac both PY21W (BAU15s, UK 581). Service-manual spec table shows PY27W 27W - probably other-market (US 3157-type) column; EU/UK cars PY21W.
Brake / tailP21/5WVerifiedAutodoc combination rear light bulb page for Sportage explicitly states P21/5W ball-shaped lamp for stop light (BAY15d) repeatedly across brand listings.
ReverseP21WVerifiedService manual 'Back up lamp P21W 21' and agmvision P21W (BA15s, UK 382). cararac says W16W - outvoted. Bayonet, not wedge, on this Kia.
Rear fogP21WVerifiedService manual 'Rear fog lamp Bulb type P21W 21 (or LED)' and agmvision P21W (BA15s, UK 382). cararac says W16W - outvoted. Single rear fog in bumper; LED on some higher trims.
Number plateW5WVerifiedBoth the number-plate-light and licence-plate-bulb autodoc categories for Sportage explicitly list W5W (W2.1x9.5) as the number plate bulb.