MODELYEARINDEX

Kia Telluride

1,992 complaints across 2 scored model years and 17 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Kia Telluride Full report
D
Grade 2020–2021
2020 vs model median 1.2×
Model median3× median
Lights & Visibility 293
Engine 28
Electrical 28
Avoid

2020

Best

2020 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2020
1.21× 535 D
2021
0.79× 316 C
2022 P
0.97× 394 C
2023 P
0.74× 307 C
2024 P
0.72× 306 C
2025 P
0.42× 134 B

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG21
City / Highway19 / 24.5
Engine3.8L, 6 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,950

Recalls

17 campaigns on record, 3 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
24V407000 Park it SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST 2020–2024 462,869
26V430000 Park it SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST 2020–2024 462,869
24V214000 POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT 2020–2024 427,407
25V494000 STRUCTURE:EXTERIOR TRIM 2023–2025 201,149
23V298000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL 2023 108,936
20V436000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING 2020 86,921
26V105000 SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER 2025 85,515
22V626000 Park it TRAILER HITCHES 2020–2022 36,417

+ 9 further campaigns

Others in Midsize SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura MDX
20162020
C
Audi Q7
20172021
C
Audi Q8
2019
C
BMW X5
20112021
D
BMW X6
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Traverse
20102011
C
Dodge Durango
20112012
C
Dodge Journey
20142015
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2020 Telluride
Complaints in window
535
Severity-weighted
639
Model median (weighted)
528
vs model median
1.21×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
13
Open investigations
0
Score 54.7 D