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Your vehicleHome›Kia›2020 Kia Telluride› visibility and wiper problems
Owner complaints · Visibility/Wiper

2020 Kia Telluride visibility and wiper problems

154 of the 776 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the 2020 Kia Telluride name the wipers, glass and mirrors (NHTSA’s “Visibility/Wiper” heading — windshields, wipers, washers, mirrors and defrosters). Filed under the same heading: 18 manufacturer bulletins. Every figure below is a document in a federal file, linked; none is a failure rate, and none is a verdict on any one car.

154 complaints 20% of this model year’s 1 report a crash typically at 5k miles

What owners filed about the wipers, glass and mirrors

Source: NHTSA complaint database
154complaints name the wipers, glass and mirrors

1 of the 154 reports a crash · 0 a fire · 1 injury. Self-reported, unverified.

Filed per year: 2019: 44 · 2020: 42 · 2021: 22 · 2022: 11 · 2023: 17 · 2024: 11 · 2025: 4 · 2026: 3

5kmiles, typically

Half of the 95 owners who gave an odometer reading reported the visibility and wiper problem between 2,000 and 12,000 miles. A median of reports, not the life of a part.

20%of this model year’s complaints

776 complaints in all about the 2020 Kia Telluride, 3 filed in 2026. The whole picture, every system →

Counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects, and scale with how many of these were sold; nothing here is a rate. NHTSA groups complaints coarsely, so “Visibility/Wiper” means the same area of the vehicle, not one fault.

Across model years: Kia Telluride visibility and wiper problems, every year on file →

In owners’ own words

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Filed with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, about the wipers, glass and mirrors. Quoted as written, with anything identifying removed; unverified reports — what was said, not a finding that it was true.

First roadtrip in vehicle noticed a tiny chip in the windshield in the lower left corner while refueling. I do not recall hearing or seeing anything hit the windshield while driving. Reached destination and the next morning I walked out to my vehicle to find a crack from the tiny chip location all the way to the middle of the windshield.
Visibility/Wiper at 4,200 miles Aug 16, 2019 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11244483
Vehicle is 3 weeks old and next week we'll be having the 3rd windshield installed. The original and first replacement were damaged by rocks being thrown up by semi trucks while driving on the interstate.
Visibility/Wiper at 786 miles Aug 16, 2019 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11244496
Chip and crack in windshield. Unsure when it occurred, but I never heard something hit windshield. Most likely it happened while car was parked in parking lot
Visibility/Wiper at 1,700 miles Aug 9, 2019 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11242845
Driving on highway and did not even hear or see anything hit the windshield. If it did it was minor and should not have caused the damage of a crack that spread across the windshield.
Visibility/Wiper at 5,200 miles Aug 8, 2019 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11242644
Windshield cracked on day 1 before even taking delivery of car. Not a safe windshield to drive with
Visibility/Wiper Aug 7, 2019 NHTSA owner report · ODI 11242200

What is on file about the wipers, glass and mirrors

Source: NHTSA recalls, investigations and manufacturer communications

18 manufacturer bulletins filed under this heading

The 8 newest are listed (the model year’s page has its newest of every kind). Quote the document number at a service desk — it is a diagnosis the maker has already written down.

Other systems with a record on the 2020 Kia Telluride

Source: the same files
From here
Every 2027 model on file, by price Compare two vehicles, trim vs trim See what a VIN was priced at See what owners reported

Common questions

Source: NHTSA complaint database, recalls and manufacturer communications

Are visibility and wiper problems common on the 2020 Kia Telluride?

They are documented: NHTSA holds 154 owner complaints naming the wipers, glass and mirrors on this model year (20% of everything owners filed about it), and 18 manufacturer bulletins are filed under the same heading. Whether it is a problem on one particular car is a diagnosis, not a count, and a count says nothing about how many were sold.

Is there a recall for the wipers, glass and mirrors on the 2020 Kia Telluride?

No recall campaign is filed under this heading for this model year (there are 7 filed under other headings). A bulletin is not a recall: it carries no federal duty to repair for free.

When do visibility and wiper problems show up on the 2020 Kia Telluride?

Owners who gave an odometer reading reported it at a median of 5,000 miles; half of them between 2,000 and 12,000. That is when reports cluster, not the life of a part.

What does NHTSA's "Visibility/Wiper" heading cover?

Windshields, wipers, washers, mirrors and defrosters. Owners choose the heading when they file, so it says which area of the vehicle the complaint is about, not which part failed.