Kia Motor Telluride - Problems, Statistics, and Analysis

Kia Motor Telluride owners have reported a total of 2,162 problems for their cars built in the 6 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 (854 problems).

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

Model Year Number of Problems
  2025 Telluride
67
  2024 Telluride
264
  2023 Telluride
247
  2022 Telluride
355
  2021 Telluride
375
  2020 Telluride
854

🔍 Common problems of Kia Motor Telluride

The following chart shows the 25 most common problems for Kia Motor Telluride cars. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's equipment (409 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's visibility (378 problems).

Table 2. Common problems of Kia Motor Telluride

Problem Category Number of Problems
  Equipment
409
  Visibility
378
  Engine And Engine Cooling
231
  Electrical System
223
  Exterior Lighting
201
  Power Train
143
  Structure
131
  Forward Collision Avoidance
80
  Suspension
59
  Service Brakes
53
   
  Vehicle Speed Control
48
  Seats
34
  Lane Departure
32
  Other Fuel System
30
  Seat Belt
29
  Steering
26
  Air Bag
16
  Back Over Prevention
14
  Wheel
8
  Latches/locks/linkage
6
  Parking Brake
3
 
3
  Tire
2
  Gasoline Fuel System
2
  Electronic Stability Control
1

📉 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 355124,7004    
0.71
  2021 37591,9535    
0.82
  2020 85486,9206    
1.64

📊 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
101
  2022 Telluride
115
  2021 Telluride
64
  2020 Telluride
83


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