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Kia Telluride
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Complaints
1,974
Active records
Recalls
20
Active records
TSBs
191
Active records
Filing history
Monthly totals over the last 20 years. Click a legend item to show or hide that series.
Reported severity
Based on consumer complaints filed since 2000. Recalls and TSBs do not include severity data.
Deaths
1
Injuries
42
Crashes
40
Fires
23
Top reported issues — Kia Telluride
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Lighting behavior
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Driver assistance issue
Engine behavior
Access/entry issue
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Performance issue
Braking behavior
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Infotainment behavior
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Safety restraint issue
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Steering behavior
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Recent filings
The 10 most recent filings for each type.
2025 KIA TELLURIDE
Filed Sep 3, 2026
The engine just quit when making a brake stop. The RPM went to zero. The car did restart but failed a second time after a few feet of travel and the brakes were applied. There are at least two occasions when the issue occurred within the past two days.
2023 KIA TELLURIDE
Filed Sep 3, 2026
Three times over the past year minor debris or small rocks have hit the windshield causing major spidering affects that have run all across the windshield. Even when using the windshield repair kits.
2023 KIA TELLURIDE
Filed Sep 2, 2026
While driving 2023 Kia Telluride driver side over head visor detached tangling in front of driver obscuring vision.
2024 KIA TELLURIDE
Filed Sep 2, 2026
The left side of my screen where speed, gas and other essential safety features will not show
2021 KIA TELLURIDE
Filed Sep 2, 2026
After receiving a Kia‑issued transmission control module (TCM) software update, my 2021 Kia Telluride experienced a severe and dangerous transmission malfunction while descending a high mountain pass in Colorado. When I attempted to downshift for engine braking, 3rd gear completely disengaged, causing the vehicle to accelerate uncontrollably downhill. None of the lower gears would engage or hold as they had prior to the software update. This forced me to slam on the brakes and ride them…
2027 KIA TELLURIDE
Filed Sep 1, 2026
When backing up the vehicle failed to alert, backed up into another vehicle that was reversing at the same time. Driver on both vehicles failed to see each other and ended up rear ending each other. The system did not function as no alert ever came up on the vehicle. Kia claims to have all the safety features to prevent this and yet it happened while backing out of the house.
2025 KIA TELLURIDE
Filed Aug 31, 2026
When driving, the vehicle will randomly shut off. Every warning light and alarm goes off. A message displays on the dash to put the vehicle on P or N to turn it back on. This happens unexpectedly. It's happened about 16 times on the road and 2 times on the highway. This is a huge safety issue. We notified Kia in February of 2026, it's gone to the service department three times for this specific issue, but they are unable to recreate it and no codes are stored for them to see what it is. We…
2027 KIA TELLURIDE HYBRID
Filed Aug 31, 2026
I went for a test drive of this 2027 Kia Telluride X-line Hybrid at Gateway Kia of Warrington PA ([XXX]). After turning the ignition on and attempting to drive, the car didn't respond. When it did respond, it then drove extremely rough, shuddering hard in and out of gear. It then started to drive normally, only to fail again and not exceed 5 mph. We had to turn the car completely off and then restart it. This fixed the problem temporarily but then the issue would repeat. I floored the pedal…
2025 KIA TELLURIDE
Filed Aug 31, 2026
The infotainment displayed information at the home screen is so close to the left side of the screen that when you are driving, the steering wheel and my hand covers it, so if you want to see it, you need to bend a little to the right, taking the eyes off the road and more important things. The infotainment screen design has a lot of room in the middle of the screen, but somebody with very low brain, had to be a designer, decided it was better to put everything stacked up to the left
2025 KIA TELLURIDE
Filed Aug 30, 2026
Aug 1 2026 While going to the store, we were waiting at the traffic light to make a left turn, as we were making the left turn and entering the store parking lot an audible alarm sounded which surprised us and then a message appeared that stated Engine Off! Shift to P or N, then start engine. Fortunately, there were no cars behind us and I was able to shift into Park and restart my car. With engine off, we had no power steering or power brakes, again a surprise. Had there been traffic, the…