2020 Kia Telluride — Problems & Complaints
NHTSA has 773 owner complaints on file for this vehicle. Every report below was filed by a real owner with the US government's road-safety agency.
Kia Telluride — Complaints by Model Year
Years flagged AVOID have at least twice this model's average complaint count — the strongest public-data signal of a bad year.
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What Owners Complain About Most
Recent Owner Reports
Brights stopped working. They do not turn on, even though you pull the lever, and the dash light comes on
The sunroof will not close. The closing mechanism broke.
Oil filter, housing leaks where it bolts to the motor this could become a fire hazard but the exhaust close to it
The high beam headlights fail to activate, yet the blue dash indicator shows lights are on high beam. Furthermore, when on low beam the headlights do not broadcast a sufficient distance ahead or to the side to enable driver to see the road sufficiently for safe driving. This issue has been reported by almost 100 other drivers, many of whom have North Carolina addresses, but …
Dash gage cluster (tach, speedometer, fuel, and engine temp) all go to zero while driving. The digital speedometer readout is also zero. Basically the entire dash is dead minus the entertainment system which functions perfectly.This also shuts down all adaptive cruise and collision avoidance systems. Restarting the vehical will not bring dash instruments back. Ocassionally c…
Recalls & Crash Tests
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Problems Checker
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