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really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 1 / 2
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 3 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 1,428 miles
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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
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
The dash showed that my engine was over heating. The temperature gaughe went all the way to hot
- Brooklyn, NY, USA
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
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
Windshield easily cracked and spread fast.
- Amarillo, TX, USA
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
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
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
A small rock hit my windshield and cracked it.
- Newbern, TN, USA
Windshield cracked on day 1 before even taking delivery of car. Not a safe windshield to drive with.
- Spring, TX, USA
I was driving and a rock flew up barley hit my windshield and broke
- Van, TX, USA
Only had our car10 days. 1st road trip and a rick popped up and hit the windshield. I have owned many cars and not had this happen. Within 10 mins of the sun. It spread across entire windshield. To have paid this much for a brand new car and heard that this has been an issue... it has got to be resolved. Completely so sickening.
- Rainbow City, AL, USA
Very small chip in windshield and within an hour before we could get it filled it ran from one side to the other. This seems to be a problem with all Tellurides.
- Whitewright, TX, USA
Windshield cracked
- Orange, TX, USA
- Pflugerville, TX, USA