First generation (ON) · first-year watch
2025 Kia Telluride, day 697
- 114complaints since Nov 4, 2024
- 3recalls
- 3involved a crash
- 7,000median miles at failure
Newest report Sep 25, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
Changed since August
- 9 new complaints in September, mostly about engine, seats and steering.
- Nothing filed yet on sticky steering, transmission failure or fire.
- 21st most complaints of the 36 2025 models on this site.
What is your Telluride doing?
Each one opens a sheet built from the owner reports of that problem on the 2025 model year.
What's been reported
NHTSA's own component codes. One report can cite several.
- Engine44
- Other22
- Electrical21
- Windshield and wipers16
- Transmission and drivetrain8
- Steering8
- Seats8
- Structure6
Problems so far
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 28 reports
- Windshield cracks or distorts 20 reports
- Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 16 reports
- Seat belt or seat problems 11 reports
- Sunroof shatters 6 reports
- Engine failure, knocking or rod bearing 5 reports
- A/C blows warm or the compressor fails 5 reports
- Adaptive cruise or lane keeping misbehaves 5 reports
Recent reports
“I purchased this new vehicle in March of 2026. The vehicle has 6,800 miles. While idle, I started to get a warning the engine was overheating with the ac only blowing hot air while the engine smelt like it was overheating. This put me at risk of being stranded in the heat with my toddler and new born or the vehicle malfunctioning in the highway.”
Filed Sep 9, 2026
“Front lights gets foggy when it gets hand wash, contacted the dealership and they are willing to replace the âGasketâ because the headlights must have âventilationâ. While driving with nobody in front the collision warning went off non stop, the road was completely clear.”
Filed Oct 8, 2025
“Headlights does not display full visibility. It seems as if the headlights are cut off with blind spots. Headlights doesn't have full visibility. Headlight projection is not 100 percent. Dealership technician have said Kia doesn't have a fix for it. When its very dark outside their are blind spots. Vehicle smokes from the exhaust. Upon acceleration it feels rough with trembling effect.”
Filed Sep 10, 2025
“I was driving on the freeway and the windshield spontaneously cracked. There were no cars even around me. My 2025 Telluride is brand new and has less than 5k miles on it⦔
Filed Jul 5, 2025
At a glance
- Next to the 2024
- The 2025 is too new for a fair per-year comparison. It has 114 complaints so far; the 2024, on sale longer, has 218.
- Top problem
- Stalling leads with 28 of the 114 complaints (25%), ahead of windshield at 20. Too few of the stalling reports give a mileage to say when it starts.
- Crash, fire and injury reports
- 5 of the 114 complaints (4%) report a crash, a fire or an injury, a little under the 6% typical of vehicles on this site. Counted separately (one report can carry more than one), 3 reports mention a crash, 2 mention a fire and 5 people were hurt.
- Recalls behind the top problems
- No recall on file is on the same system as stalling. For those, the complaints are all there is.
- When owners filed
- Complaints are still climbing. 2025 brought 23, the most of any year so far. So far in 2026, 89 more have come in.
Recalls
Whether your car is included depends on its VIN. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2025 Telluride vehicles, equipped with power front seat(s). Due to a manufacturing error, the driver and passenger seat back frame assemblies may fail to properly restrain occupants in a crash.
Risk and remedy
Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the front seat back frame assemblies, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed beginning April 24, 2026. Owners may contact Kia Customer Service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC362. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will become searchable on NHTSA.gov on March 9, 2026.
Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain 2025 Telluride and 2026 Sorento vehicles. The vehicles are equipped with an incorrect spare tire which, when installed, can impair the anti-lock braking system (ABS) and the traction control system (TCS). As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 110, "Tire Selection and Rims."
Risk and remedy
Remedy: Dealers will replace the spare wheel and tire assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 3, 2025. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC355. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning November 13, 2025.
Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Telluride vehicles. The door belt molding trim can delaminate and detach from the vehicle.
Risk and remedy
Remedy: Dealers will inspect and replace the belt molding trim assemblies as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 19, 2025. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC347.
All 3 recalls on the 2025 Kia Telluride, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
Guide Seeing this on your own car? How to file a complaint with NHTSA
The log
Complaints by the month NHTSA received them, newest first. Blue bars mark a month with a recall or an investigation.
Questions
What is the most common problem on the 2025 Kia Telluride?
Stalling, with 28 of the 114 complaints.
At what mileage do 2025 Kia Telluride problems start?
Of the 16 complaints that give a mileage, a quarter came by about 4,000 miles and half by about 7,000.
How many 2025 Kia Telluride complaints involve a crash, fire or injury?
5 of them (4%). The typical vehicle on this site is at 6%.
Is there a recall for stalling on the 2025 Kia Telluride?
No recall on file for the 2025 Kia Telluride is on the same system as stalling. Another recall may still cover your car, so check its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.