10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
3 / 0
Average Mileage:
2,175 miles

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problem #23

Nov 102020

Telluride

  • miles
About a week ago, my wife drove out to go shopping but returned within 5 mins due to a low pressure tire warning. The tire was very low and she parked the car in the garage. I removed the jack (which had never been used previously) and started to jack up the front passenger side where the flat was. I was showing the notches for positioning the jack to my wife and showing her how to properly jack up a vehicle. Bear in mind, I have rotated my tires and done maintenance and repairs on my cars/SUVS, vans for over 30 years. I had the jack straight up in the correct position and on a perfectly flat garage floor and started to jack the car up. By this time the tire had deflated to such an extent that it had about an inch or two from the rim touching the ground. I had just gotten the vehicle up to normal ride height when the jack collapsed suddenly and the car came down. I've never seen anything like it and am just thankful that I wasn't in the process of trying to take the wheel off. I took a picture of the jack and there is a bow to the threaded rod but otherwise you can't see very much from the picture. When you turn the jack, you can easily see a significant wobble in the winding action. I can't image having to try and jack up a vehicle on the side of the road in less than ideal circumstances that I had in my garage. Scary to say the least.

- Raleigh, NC, USA

problem #22

Oct 242020

Telluride

  • 6,500 miles
Front collision warning malfunction. When a vehicle to my left and in front of me brakes, my vehicle thinks it's in front of me and automatically brakes with warnings on the windshield display. Very dangerous to the vehicles behind me and unsafe to drive. I have taken the vehicle in for service several times. Twice they recalibrated the sensors and on the last visit, they said they replaced the sensor. It's still happening so I need to take the vehicle in again. I've searched this online in forum and youtube, and it's a common problem. The dealership tells me Kia isn't aware of the problem.

- Castle Rock, CO, USA

problem #21

May 312020

Telluride

  • 3,200 miles
One month after purchase, my windshield crack for no apparent reason. I noticed a small linear crack along the center bottom of the windshield after it being parked in my driveway overnight. Within hours the crack spread along the entire glass. Kia repaired it under the good faith warranty but I had to wait 3-4 weeks for a windshield to come in, having to drive it like that in the meantime. After they removed the windshield and inspected it, they could not find any kind of impact mark. One month after repair, a very small piece of debris hit the windshield while I was driving (aprx 40-45 mph) and caused a small circular chip that could have been cured with resin to prevent it from spreading. However, within 15 minutes the chip continued and spread in 3 linear cracks. By the next day the crack ran across the entire windshield and now the windshield has to be replaced, again. Aside from it being annoying and costly to fix, I feel unsafe driving the vehicle feeling like the windshield could completely break on me while I'm driving.

- Downey, CA, USA

problem #20

Jun 012020

Telluride

  • 2,000 miles
The exhaust pipe end by the rear bumper is causing burns on my husband and two out of three of my children. It is not pushed back enough so when the trunk it opened after driving and we go to remove items from car it leaves burns. The design needs to be changed and a recall would be expected as I have found while doing research many Telluride owners have this issue and it is not safe.

- Moreno Valley, CA, USA

problem #19

May 122020

Telluride 6-cyl

  • 5,000 miles
Driving down 294 South (a highway), at approximately 60mph, with no other vehicle around our vehicle and not going under an overpass, there was a very loud bang. My 2 kids were in the middle two seats and started screaming and crying because of the loud noise and also because glass was falling on them. The loud bang turned out to be the panoramic moonroof exploding on its own. Nothing hit the car or the roof as there were no cars around us. We quickly closed the cover to the moonroof so more glass wouldn't fall on the kids. As you can see in the picture the moonroof exploded outward and not inward as if something hit it. The panoramic moonroof doesn't open.

- Chicago, IL, USA

problem #18

Feb 292020

Telluride

  • 12,000 miles
A rock hit and chipped my windshield while driving on the freeway. Within a couple of hours the chip expanded, this is ridiculous. Not safe!

- Hacienda Heights, CA, USA

problem #17

Feb 192020

Telluride

  • 22,325 miles
On the 19th of February, 2020 at approx. 11:00am, I was heading East bound on I-44 near ft leonard wood, mo when my sunroof suddenly exploded. I had my cruise control set at 72mph. There were no other vehicles in my general area. All windows were rolled as well as the sunroof being closed, with the inside sun shade being in the closed position. Inside temp was set at 72 degrees with the fan setting on the third setting. I am unsure of the outside temperature but it was above freezing. My local Kia dealer, roper Kia of joplin, mo inspected the vehicle Thursday morning at 8am, after their inspection they contacted the district service manager who authorized the sunroof to be replaced under goodwill warranty at no cost to myself.

- Carthage, MO, USA

problem #16

Jan 012020

Telluride

  • miles
Cargo door cannot be open from inside vehicle is missing something. Dealer cannot find the part and all Telluride are the same. This is a safety and hazard issue

- Pflugerville, TX, USA

problem #15

Dec 202019

Telluride

  • 2,800 miles
Telluride recently purchased November 2019. Last week my windshield had a tiny chip and within 1 1/2 hours of me coming out of a meeting the tiny chip had expanded across my windshield. Two days ago I was driving and a small pebble (?) hit my windshield and again chipped the opposite side of my windshield. That chip has not spread as badly as the firs. I was glad to see the letter from Kia in my mailbox this week. Contacted dealership this morning to schedule appointment for repair. Hopefully replacing windshield will avoid future issues.

- Seguin, TX, USA

problem #14

Nov 102019

Telluride

  • 100 miles
A very small rock hit the edge of my windshield, and it cracked to be over a foot long across the next 5 minutes. The mark from the rock is tiny, and should not have lead to this large of a crack so quickly. I have heard repeatedly that this is common on Telluride windshields. It is unacceptable and very unsafe. The day this happened, I had only had the vehicle 5 days.

- Albuquerque, NM, USA

problem #13

Oct 312019

Telluride

  • 4,000 miles
The dash showed that my engine was over heating. The temperature gaughe went all the way to hot

- Brooklyn, NY, USA

problem #12

Oct 282019

Telluride

  • 2,944 miles
Numerous tiny chips all over windshield. My windshield has the stamp from Korea as well. Have also read in forms/online this is a huge problem with this vehicle. I've only had vehicle for little over a month.

- Maysville, GA, USA

problem #11

Sep 272019

Telluride

  • 9,500 miles
In the 6 months I have had my Telluride, I have had the windshield cracked and was able to get it repaired and recently had a rock or debris from the road hit it and it instantly cracked all the way across the bottom and up in to my line of visibility. I have never had such an issue with windshields before so it's a little odd that within 6 months I have had two issues.

- Arvada, CO, USA

problem #10

Aug 202019

Telluride

  • 3,000 miles
Windshield easily cracked and spread fast.

- Amarillo, TX, USA

problem #9

Sep 062019

Telluride

  • 1,000 miles
The Kia has a system that controls cruise control in a special way. This system allows you to place the car it this mode and what it does beyond cruise control lane change control. It detects the highway speed limit signs example: I drive from prescott AZ to phoenix periodically. The speed limit on I -17 is 75 mph for most the trip heading South on I17 it is 75 mph at sunset point the speed changes from 75 mph to 65 mph. The car changes speed to 65 mph. It changes back to 75 mph later exciting times passing through rock springs. I am doing at 75 mph ( no one is in front of me they are in back and one to the left side. ). the car speed drops to 45 mph. The freeway speed is 75 mph. However, the side road in rock springs is 45 mph. So now I have 4 cars trying to avoid me because I suddenly going 45 mph in a 75 mph zone. Approaching anthem - the car suddenly drops to 35 mph in a 75 mph zone. No one was in front of me. But the speed limit on the side road next to the freeway is 35 mph. No one in front of me. I have cars around me honking and avoiding me - because I am driving 35 mph in a 75 mph freeway speed zone. This is dangerous. The dealer just says it is an option.

- Dewey, AZ, USA

problem #8

Aug 152019

Telluride

  • 7,867 miles
A/C not blowing cold. Performed system evac and recharged system. Still has issue. Set charge to proper level and spoke with techline. Replaced A/C compressor and charged. 17 days in the shop.

- Coatesville, PA, USA

problem #7

Oct 042019

Telluride

  • 4,500 miles
I was backing out of my driveway on a low volume county road. I was moving backwards and entered the roadway. I was fully across one lane when a vehicle in the opposite lane approached. As I was continuing backwards cutting the wheel to maneuver into the nearside lane, the auto braking engaged and my vehicle was disabled in the roadway for two or three seconds until the approaching vehicle in the opposite farside lane passed my now disabled vehicle in the roadway. I believe this to be a safety concern because there was a vehicle approaching in the nearside lane that I was attempting to enter and now I was disabled in the roadway as that car approached. My issue is that the approaching vehicle in the farside lane had room to maneuver around me, but I was now directly in the line of danger from the vehicle approaching in the nearside lane I was now disabled in. It scared me to be disabled in the road with a vehicle approaching. The brakes remained engaged and I couldn't do anything until my vehicle released the brakes. I was in greater danger from being hit by the car approaching in the nearside lane than I was entering than the vehicle in the opposite farside lane. The computer in my vehicle was wrong in applying the brakes and forced me into a dangerous position. The programming for rear assist braking needs to be evaluated for situations like the one that I was in. This is the third time I have been put in that situation by my vehicle and I think there is a safety problem with the programming for low speed backing conditions.

- Springfield, NJ, USA

problem #6

Jun 082019

Telluride

  • 4,000 miles
A small rock hit my windshield and cracked it.

- Newbern, TN, USA

problem #5

Aug 052019

Telluride

  • 10 miles
Windshield cracked on day 1 before even taking delivery of car. Not a safe windshield to drive with.

- Spring, TX, USA

problem #4

Aug 052019

Telluride

  • miles
I was driving and a rock flew up barley hit my windshield and broke

- Van, TX, USA

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