2025 KIA Telluride problems
Owners have filed 172 complaints about the 2025 KIA Telluride with NHTSA. Engine accounts for 26.2% of them, the clear leader, ahead of electrical system at 12.8%.
Complaints172
Crashes5
Fires3
Injuries8
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Engine 26.2% · 45
Electrical system 12.8% · 22
Unknown or other 12.8% · 22
Visibility/wiper 10.5% · 18
Power train 4.7% · 8
Seats 4.7% · 8
Steering 4.7% · 8
Structure 3.5% · 6
Severity
Of those complaints, 5 describe a crash, 3 describe a fire and 8 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 6 model years of the KIA Telluride in this data, 2025 draws comparatively few complaints; 2020 is the outlier year.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 14,000 miles.
In owners' own words
There have been two individual episodes of this occurring. While actively driving the entire vehicle shuts off and begins to Coast and will not respond to pressing the accelerator. This happened once in our driveway in March. This happened again about 3 weeks ago while driving on the interstate and had to cross multiple lanes of traffic in order to make it to the shoulder. Very unsafe situation with no warning Engine
The contact owns a 2025 Kia Telluride. The contact stated that on multiple occasions while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost motive power with an EMS warning message displayed. The vehicle was able to restart after multiple attempts. The dealer was contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 25,000. Engine · reported at 25,000 miles
The contact owns a 2025 Kia Telluride. The contact stated that while driving uphill at 55 MPH and depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle lost power. A dealer was contacted. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed; however, the diagnostic result was unknown. The contact stated that the failure had occurred on several occasions. The approximate failure mileage was 22,000. Engine · reported at 22,000 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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