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Every model year 2020–2027: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

7 Model years 2020–2027

36 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years

2,073 Complaints owner reports, all years

C Newest grade 2027 Safety Signal

2023 Best on record cleanest filed year

The 2027 Telluride →Which years to avoid Compare it

Kia Telluride — photograph via Wikimedia Commons — Kia Telluride (2019 generation) · Photo: MercurySable99 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Active NHTSA advisory on 5 model years of the Telluride — park outside or do not drive. The year rows below carry it.

Every Kia Telluride model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year

Year	Powertrains	Safety	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Best efficiency
2027	Hybrid Gas	C	3	43	—	35 mpg
2025	Gas	C	3	122	★★★★★	22 mpg
2024	Gas	F	5	223	★★★★★	22 mpg	Park outside
2023	Gas	F	6	209	★★★★★	23 mpg	Park outside
2022	Gas	F	7	327	★★★★★	23 mpg	Park outside
2021	Gas	F	5	373	★★★★★	23 mpg	Park outside
2020	Gas	F	7	776	★★★★★	23 mpg	Park outside

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road

Years to avoid, with the reasons →Best on the record 2023

On the filed record so far, the 2023 is the cleanest Telluride year we hold, and the 2022 the one to check hardest. The 2022 carries a standing park-outside or do-not-drive advisory, which outranks every other number on this page.

Both figures are divided by the number of years the car has been on sale, because otherwise the oldest year on the page loses every time simply for having been around longer. The current model year and any year under three on the road are left out: their records are not finished.

Year	Safety Signal	Recalls /yr	Complaints /yr
2023	F	2	70	Advisory
2021	F	1	75	Advisory
2020	F	1.2	129	Advisory
2022	F	1.8	82	Advisory

What owners filed about the Kia Telluride, by system

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsEvery system, every year →

The systems the federal record is deep on for this nameplate: the complaints per model year, the mileage owners reported them at, and every recall, investigation and manufacturer bulletin filed under the heading — each one linked, none a failure rate.

visibility and wiper problems 433 complaints, every model year engine problems 360 complaints, every model year electrical problems 310 complaints, every model year exterior lighting problems 185 complaints, every model year transmission and drivetrain problems 180 complaints, every model year

What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record

2027: added hybrid; best combined mpg 22 → 35; 2 → 6 EPA configurations
2024: best combined mpg 23 → 22

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All Telluride head-to-heads →Which is better for you? →

Head-to-head	Verdict
2027 Telluride vs Ford Expedition · Large SUV	Telluride +18.2
2027 Telluride vs Ford Explorer · Large SUV	Telluride +11.8
2027 Telluride vs Hyundai Palisade · Large SUV	Palisade +10.3
2027 Telluride vs Jeep Grand Cherokee · Large SUV	Telluride +15.7
2027 Telluride vs Chevrolet Traverse · Large SUV	Telluride +12.6
2027 Telluride vs Chevrolet Tahoe · Large SUV	Telluride +31
2025 Telluride vs Toyota 4Runner · Large SUV	Telluride +11.8
2025 Telluride vs Toyota Highlander · Large SUV	Telluride +6.3
2025 Telluride vs Toyota Sequoia · Large SUV	Telluride +8.6
2025 Telluride vs Toyota Grand Highlander · Large SUV	Telluride +4.9
2025 Telluride vs Jeep Wagoneer · Large SUV	Wagoneer +27.6

In the studies

Source: computed from the same record, method on each page

Odometer at first complaint · rank 9 of 79 0.39× the mileage of same-age vehicles Kia Telluride owners reported problems to NHTSA at a median 6,398 miles across 2020–2021 (fleet 23,512), earlier than vehicles of the same model year. 222 readings.

Common questions about the Kia Telluride

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Kia Telluride year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2023 Telluride comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade F (55/100), 6 recalls and 209 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Kia Telluride years should I avoid?

2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 have the weakest recall records in this range — one carries an active park-outside or do-not-drive advisory. The year pages list every campaign, its severity and whether a repair exists yet. Every Telluride model year ranked, with the reasons.

How many recalls does the Kia Telluride have?

Across model years 2020–2027, NHTSA has posted 36 recall campaigns for the Kia Telluride. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.