Kia Telluride Complaints

2,086 consumer complaints on file.

#11436927October 15, 2021
VISIBILITY/WIPER
While driving my wife had a small stone hit the windshield which caused a small pit and about an inch crack. When she got home, I inspected it and called and made an appointment for it to be repaired the next day. The suv was parked in the garage overnight and not driven. The next morning when I went to go to the repair place, I opened the door to the garage and found the one inch crack had grown to about 2 feet overnight. Not sure how that even happens
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11436928October 15, 2021
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
The sunroof exploded. I was driving on the freeway and the sunroof glass completely shattered leaving only a few fragments on the perimeter. No debris hit the car. There was no one in front of me and I was not passing under a bridge, etc. The sun shade was closed so most of the glass flew into the air outside rather than coming inside. The shock of the sound was an issue but I maintained control of the car. The glass shards hit the cars behind me but luckily they appeared to be small enough that I did not see anyone have issues from the flying glass. I drove straight to the dealership where my service is done. They inspected the car and, after 2 days, told me that they could not do anything without Kia corporate getting involved and approving the replacement. There were no warnings prior to this issue that there was anything wrong with my sunroof.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11436868October 15, 2021
VISIBILITY/WIPER
Windshield already has a 'rock chip' on the driver's side. We've only had our 22 telluride for 1 week and only has 200 miles.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11436814October 14, 2021
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
this has happened to my wife about 5 times and to me approximately 8 times. my wife will no longer drive the car because she feels it is not safe. i purchased the car new and it has about 7500 miles on it. when trying to accelerate from a stop and usually turning left, car will start to move and then fails to accelerate for approximately 3-5 seconds. very dangerous if there is oncoming traffic and you are turning in front of them. i have researched this issue on the web and i am not the only person with this issue. so far kia dealer cannot duplicate issue so there is no fix. currently dealer has the vehicle and i have a loaner vehicle.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11436384October 12, 2021
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
The windshield on my vehicle chips and crack easily. It is a common problem among other Kia Tellurides as well.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11436322October 11, 2021
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
The car was on cruise control at 70mph but cruising behind another car at 65 when suddenly the car started approaching the car in front of us at high speed.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11436039October 8, 2021
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
The sunroof exploded on us driving down the highway. We had the sunroof close, but the shade was open so glass fell down on us when driving. There was a loud pop when this happened, but we didn't see any objects flying towards our car before this happened. Looking this issue up, it appears to have happened to other owners of this car. Glass hit me in the face while driving at highway speeds, luckily I remained in control of the car. There were no other symptoms prior to this happening, and the car was taken into the dealer for inspection afterwards.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11435703October 6, 2021
VISIBILITY/WIPER
UNKNOWN. Crack on the windshield appeared overnight. Starts at the top of the windshield and comes down the center, affecting visibility. Vehicle did not provide any warning or indication prior to the crack.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11435493October 5, 2021
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
Windshield cracked while driving starting at drivers side edge under trim propagating left to right across half the windshield. There was no impact from an object; simply stress crack. This has been shown to dealer and confirmed by the glass shop they use as “no impact” crack. It affects safety because it is directly in drivers vision and is blinding when the sun reflects and refracts through the crack. No action taken by dealer to replace the windshield. Seems clear that this is a defect.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11435334October 4, 2021
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
The windshield has cracked on my new vehicle with 3,000 miles. I have investigated this and it seems to be a common problem with this make and model.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11435245October 2, 2021
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
3 cracks from separate small rock incidents in one week period on front windshield. Never had a crack on any of my cars in 10 years and in a week I got 3 different ones at different times with the Telluride.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11434751September 28, 2021
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I got a Brand New 2022 Kia Telluride. Same day a rock or a piece of debris hit my windshield it was around 3:30 PM, while I was in the last lane to take my exit, so I was going at a very low speed. The impact was not that loud but caused a crack in the windshield, it quickly continue to expand by the time I got home the crack was several inches wide. It is concerning to me that at such low speed the windshield would crack, my previous vehicles had been hit before but never cracked.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11433644September 20, 2021
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LOCK
The door locks on the car will start cycling locked/unlocked very rapidly. Sometimes in only last 10-15 seconds, other times it will not stop until I manually click the lock or unlock button. It does this when it is parked and it does this when the vehicle is in motion. I do have a video on my phone of this. Kia is being of no assistance in getting this resolved. Online there are multiple reports of the exact same scenario and everybody is reporting Kia is not fixing the issue.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11433582September 20, 2021
VISIBILITY/WIPER
Had car 5 days. Heard pebble hit windshield - immediate crack - windshield is in terrible shape. No way this should happen, just cracked immediately
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11433571September 20, 2021
VISIBILITY/WIPER
While driving at speed no more than 55mph a small pebble hit my windshield by the mirror and created a small chip that within minutes changed into full blown crack on my windows. It’s a SAFETY issue. There is no option of fixing the windshield it needs to be replaced.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11433328September 17, 2021
SERVICE BRAKES
The brakes on my 2021 Kia Telluride failed while pulling into my side entry garage. The Telluride's brakes went limp, losing pressure and dropped to the floorboard. The Telluride crashed into the interior of the garage, coming to a complete stop after slamming into the foundation of the house. Once stopped, the Telluride could be put in park and braking was restored. Home surveillance captured the event and it is available for viewing at: https://youtu.be/AdJ6tXyK57k
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11432933September 14, 2021
VISIBILITY/WIPER, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS, LANE DEPARTURE: WARNING
On my wished a small object hit my windshield on the passenger side and within an hour it spread more by the best day it was almost on the driver side of the windshield. Second, the forward collision and lane departure lights came on. I took the SUV to Kia they said it was an issue with the camera and they where going to order the part and replace it for me. It seem I was not the only one with this issue.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11432469September 10, 2021
PARKING BRAKE
The contact owns a 2020 Kia Telluride. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, the vehicle rolled away into the neighbor's yard. The contact was made aware of the failure by the neighbor. The contact had placed bricks in front of the front driver’s and passenger’s side tires and behind the rear driver’s and passenger’s side tires to prevent the vehicle from moving. The dealer and another dealer Serra Gardendale Kia (630 Fieldstown Rd, Gardendale, AL 35071) were made aware of the failure and both dealers scheduled an upcoming appointment. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact to contact a dealer. The failure mileage was approximately 40,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11432349September 9, 2021
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
The contact owns a 2021 Kia Telluride. The contact stated while driving 70 MPH, he heard an abnormal popping sound coming from the vehicle. The contact was able to drive the vehicle home and upon inspection, he discovered that the sunroof glass had exploded without incident or impact. The contact called the dealer and reported the failure. The contact was informed that a representative would call him back with more information. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 8,137.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11432080September 8, 2021
VISIBILITY/WIPER
I just recently bought a 2022 Kia Telluride 7 days ago and while driving on the freeway the windshield shattered in the lower corner of driver side. There was no car in front of me (not a close distance) or near me for that matter and there was no overpass for a rock to have fallen from. My windshield shattered and glass landed in my face, eyes, and mouth, and all over the inside of my car. Luckily I was able to maintain some control as there were no other vehicles in close proximity. I’ve had rocks hit my windshield before but never to the point of causing this kind of damage. There have been recalls on previous Kia Telluride model and others with 2022 models have been experiencing this issue as well. This is ridiculous and of course the windshield is on back order and KIA expects me to continue driving around with my windshield like this because they don’t know when they’ll have a windshield available. At the dealership they were adamant that a rock hit the windshield however, myself and the passenger did not see a rock and the level of damage that occurred should not have been this high which is concerning as well. There is no way it is safe for me to continue driving like this especially when KIA doesn’t even have an estimated date for me to get this repaired.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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