Kia Motor Telluride - Problems, Statistics, and Analysis

Kia Motor Telluride owners have reported a total of 2,304 problems for their cars built in the 7 model years listed in the chart below. The chart shows the number of problems reported across all service years for each given model year of the Kia Motor Telluride. The 2020 Kia Motor Telluride cars have the most problems reported (881 problems).

Table 1. Total number of problems by model year for Kia Motor Telluride

Model Year Number of Problems
  2027 Telluride
8
  2025 Telluride
101
  2024 Telluride
274
  2023 Telluride
269
  2022 Telluride
376
  2021 Telluride
395
  2020 Telluride
881

🔍 Common problems of Kia Motor Telluride

The following chart shows the 27 most common problems for Kia Motor Telluride cars. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's equipment (438 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's visibility (386 problems).

Table 2. Common problems of Kia Motor Telluride

📉 Compare Reliability Across Model Years Using PPMY Index

It would not be fair to compare the Kia Motor Telluride of an older model year to newer model years since older vehicles have been in service longer and thus are expected to have more problems. In order to compare the reliability across Telluride model years, we use the PPMY index which is defined as the problems reported per thousand vehicles per Year. A smaller PPMY index indicates greater reliability of the given model year cars.

    PPMY = P / S / Y * 1000,

where P = total problems reported during the life of a Kia Motor Telluride model year; S = total units sold of the model year; Y = years since the debut of the model year (the age of the vehicle).

The results are shown in Table 3.

Table 3. Use PPMY Index to Compare Reliability Across Telluride Model Years

Telluride
Model Year
Problems Sales [1] Vehicle
Age
PPMY Index
  2022 376124,7004    
0.75
  2021 39591,9535    
0.86
  2020 88186,9206    
1.69

📊 Number of Problems Reported During the First Year

Another way to measure the reliability across the model years of the Kia Motor Telluride is to use the total number of problems reported during the vehicle's first year in service, as shown in the Table 4.

Table 4. Number of problems in vehicle's; first service year

Model YearProblems Reported
  2025 Telluride
33
  2024 Telluride
124
  2023 Telluride
103
  2022 Telluride
115
  2021 Telluride
64
  2020 Telluride
83


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