FaultScore

Worst years for a KIA Telluride

Owners have filed 2,598 complaints about the KIA Telluride with NHTSA across model years 2020 to 2027. More of them are about the other & unspecified than anything else.

Avoid

2020 KIA Telluride

927 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly lights.

Cleanest on record

2027 KIA Telluride

26 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every KIA Telluride year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2027 A 26 0 0 Seat Belts
2025 C 142 5 3 6,750 Engine & Cooling
2024 C 318 15 2 5,800 Other & Unspecified
2023 C 311 11 2 14,500 Other & Unspecified
2022 C 421 15 6 37,300 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
2021 D 453 13 4 3,100 Other & Unspecified
2020 D 927 11 15 6,500 Lights

What breaks on a KIA Telluride

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 2020

Worst in 2020

Engine & Cooling 315 12.1%

Worst in 2020

Electrical System 290 11.2%

Worst in 2022

Lights 205 7.9%

Worst in 2020

Worst in 2024

Worst in 2020

Body & Structure 149 5.7%

Worst in 2020

Brakes 70 2.7%

Worst in 2020

Suspension 70 2.7%

Worst in 2020

Worst in 2024

Seats 49 1.9%

Worst in 2020

Worst in 2020

Seat Belts 38 1.5%

Worst in 2022

Exactly what failed on a KIA Telluride

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 133 35.0%
Warnings 53 13.9%
Windshield 46 12.1%
Automatic Emergency Braking 35 9.2%
Sun/Moon Roof Assembly 30 7.9%
Adaptive Cruise Control 25 6.6%
Instrument Cluster/Panel 20 5.3%
Blind Spot Detection 14 3.7%
Warning 13 3.4%
Warnings 11 2.9%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every KIA Telluride, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Mar 2019 peak 96 Aug 2026

KIA Telluride problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the KIA Telluride

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.