2024 Kia Telluride — reported problems and evidence

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 323 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

Driver-assistance systems58 (18.0%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2020.
Electrical system48 (14.9%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2020–2024.
Visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors)34 (10.5%)
Body & structure27 (8.4%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2023–2025.
Engine18 (5.6%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2024.
Speed control & accelerator16 (5.0%)

Other / uncategorized: 61 classifications (18.9%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

Owner complaints (3,894 records, model years 2020–2025) are most frequently classified under: visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors), engine and electrical system.
Manufacturer communications (685 records, model years 2020–2025) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, engine and equipment & accessories.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

23reports included a mileage
12,019average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

6mention a crash
2mention a fire
4mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

Safety recalls NHTSA 5
Manufacturer communications NHTSA 57
Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 6
Owner complaints NHTSA 215

Explore the underlying evidence records

CarFaultIQ fault pages for the Kia Telluride

Kia Telluride: Power Seat Motor Overheat Fire Risk (2020–2024)

Symptoms and warning lights in these systems

Hill descent control light: meaning and what to check first Driver-assistance systems
Hill start assist warning: meaning and what to check first Driver-assistance systems
Battery / Charging Warning Light Electrical system
Battery/charging light Electrical system
Washer fluid light Visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors)

Where to go next

Kia Telluride coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
All model years of the Kia Telluride Compare how much evidence is held for each year before narrowing to one.
Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.