KIA / Telluride / 2023

2023 KIA Telluride problems

Owners have filed 311 complaints about the 2023 KIA Telluride with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 16.4% of them — the clear leader, ahead of visibility/wiper at 9%. A further 18.3% were filed without a specific system named.

Complaints311

Crashes11

Fires2

Injuries4

Deaths0

What owners report breaking

Unknown or other 18.3% · 57

Electrical system 16.4% · 51

Visibility/wiper 9.0% · 28

Power train 7.4% · 23

Engine 7.4% · 23

Forward collision avoidance 5.5% · 17

Structure 4.5% · 14

Lane departure 4.5% · 14

Severity

Of those complaints, 11 describe a crash, 2 describe a fire and 4 report an injury.

Reading the numbers

Across the 6 model years of the KIA Telluride in this data, 2023 draws comparatively few complaints; 2020 is the outlier year.

Filings are rising — 213 in the last three years against 98 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.

The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 14,500 miles.

In owners' own words

After 3 months, vehicle started showing intermittent warnings at startup related to multiple collision warning systems-- forward collision, blindspot sensors, rear cross traffic. Over a few weeks, it was no longer intermittent and occurred every time. Multiple ACD systems wouldn't function due to blind spot sensor failures. Multiple repair attempts and issue occurred again and dealer has been unable to repair. Electrical system

Driver instrument display is black, no information is displayed. It just happened when starting the car, no display. These LCD displays are dangerous. Go back to analog. I have NO information about anything going on with the car or it's speed. It's dangerous to drive. Multiple engine start/stop cycles do nothing. Electrical system

Upon starting the vehicle, the gauge cluster screen was and remained completely blank. No indication as to an error, no visual indicator was available as to my speed or the vehicle's status, and no problem lights were visible. The vehicle appeared otherwise operable, and the media control screen was fully functional Electrical system

Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.

Safety recalls

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Other KIA Telluride years

2020 925 complaints · 19.7% exterior lighting 2021 453 complaints · 13.7% visibility/wiper 2022 419 complaints · 17.9% electrical system 2024 315 complaints · 14.9% electrical system 2025 140 complaints · 21.4% engine

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