17 recalls covering model years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. To check whether your vehicle is affected, look up your 17-character VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls — a recall may apply only to some vehicles of a given year.
The motor that moves your front power seat can overheat. This happens if the seat's slide knob gets stuck, or if an earlier recall repair was not done correctly. An overheated motor can start a fire, whether the vehicle is parked or being driven. Kia will install an electronic fuse in the seat circuit to prevent overheating. This replaces an earlier recall, so even if your Telluride was already fixed under that one, it needs this new repair.
⚠ NHTSA advises: park outside and away from structures (fire risk).
Reported 2026-02-23 · Campaign 26V105000 · Model years: 2025
Certain 2025 Kia Tellurides with power front seats left the factory with a manufacturing mistake in the metal frames inside the driver and front passenger seat backs. Because of that error, the seat backs may not hold a person properly in place during a crash. If a seat back does not do its job, someone in the front could be hurt worse in an accident. Dealers will inspect both front seat back frames and replace them if needed, free.
Reported 2025-10-31 · Campaign 25V745000 · Model years: 2025
Kia is recalling certain 2025 Telluride and 2026 Sorento SUVs that were built with the wrong spare tire. If you put that spare on the vehicle, it can interfere with the anti-lock brakes and the traction control, so those systems may not work properly. That makes it harder to stop or hold the road, raising your crash risk. The vehicles also do not meet the federal rule for tires and wheels. Dealers will swap in the correct spare wheel and tire.
The belt molding is the trim strip that runs along the bottom edge of each door window. On some of these SUVs the layers of that strip can separate, and the trim can peel away and come off the vehicle while you are driving. Trim lying in the road, or coming loose at highway speed, can be a hazard for the cars behind you. Dealers will inspect the belt moldings and replace any that need it, free.
The motor that moves your front power seat can overheat if the seat's slide knob gets stuck. That can start a fire while the vehicle is parked or while you are driving. Kia dealers will add a bracket behind the seat switch covers and replace the slide knobs at no cost. Letters went out in July 2024. Kia has since issued a newer recall that replaces this one, so ask your dealer which repair your vehicle now needs.
⚠ NHTSA advises: park outside and away from structures (fire risk).
Parts that send power to the front wheels may not be fully joined together on these Tellurides. When that happens, shifting into PARK may not actually hold the vehicle, and it can roll away on its own after you get out. Kia says that until the repair is done, you should set the electronic parking brake every time before leaving the vehicle. Dealers update the parking brake software and replace damaged shafts if needed, free of charge.
Reported 2024-02-26 · Campaign 24V148000 · Model years: 2020
On some 2020 Kia Telluride vehicles, the high beam headlights can fail. Your regular low beams still work, but you lose the extra reach that high beams give you on dark country roads and unlit highways, so you may not spot a person, an animal, or a stopped vehicle until you are close to it. Dealers will inspect the high beam headlights and repair or replace whatever has failed.
Reported 2024-02-07 · Campaign 24V077000 · Model years: 2024
Small springs inside the engine of these Tellurides can snap while you are driving. If that happens, the engine can stop delivering power, so the vehicle slows or quits moving in traffic without warning. In a worse case, the broken parts can punch a hole right through the engine block, letting oil escape onto hot engine parts, which can start a fire. The dealer replaces the engine sub-assembly — a major internal engine repair — at no cost to you.
Reported 2023-04-26 · Campaign 23V298000 · Model years: 2023
These Kias have a digital dashboard with a 4.2-inch screen in place of traditional gauges. When you start the car, that screen may come up completely blank. If it does, you cannot see warning lights, low tire pressure alerts, or other messages the car uses to tell you something is wrong. Kia fixes this with a software update to the instrument cluster at no charge. Owner letters went out May 26, 2023.
Reported 2023-01-29 · Campaign 23V035000 · Model years: 2023
A manufacturing mistake can damage the wiring that runs to the side airbags for the second-row seats. If that wiring is damaged, those airbags may not go off in a crash, leaving second-row passengers without the protection they are supposed to have. A Kia dealer will inspect the airbag wiring and either replace it or fasten it down properly, free of charge. Kia mailed owner notification letters on February 28, 2023.
This affects Tellurides that came with a Kia 4-pin tow hitch wiring kit, or had one added at a Kia dealer. Dirt and water can build up on the small circuit board inside that wiring, which lets the electricity short out. That short can start a fire, and it can happen whether you are driving or the vehicle is parked. The dealer adds a new fuse and a wiring extension, and replaces the hitch wiring itself if needed.
⚠ NHTSA advises: park outside and away from structures (fire risk).
Reported 2022-07-19 · Campaign 22V509000 · Model years: 2022
Some 2022 Kia Sorento and Telluride vehicles left the factory with the wrong spare tire. If you put that spare on the vehicle, it can interfere with the anti-lock brakes and the traction control — the systems that keep your wheels from locking up when you brake hard or spinning when you accelerate. With those systems not working properly, the vehicle is harder to control. Dealers will check the spare tire and replace it if it is the wrong one.
Reported 2022-05-17 · Campaign 22V344000 · Model years: 2022
On some 2022 Kia Telluride SUVs, too much glue was used on a circuit board inside the dashboard display. That extra glue can make the display screen go completely blank. When the screen is blank, you cannot see important information such as your mileage. Because of this, the vehicles do not meet the federal rule covering controls and displays. A dealer will replace the whole instrument cluster behind the steering wheel at no cost to you.
Reported 2021-07-28 · Campaign 21V577000 · Model years: 2022
The screen in your instrument panel can come up blank when you start the vehicle. That screen shows your speed, which gear you are in, and your mileage. If it stays dark, you cannot see how fast you are going or check that the vehicle is in the gear you meant to select, which makes an accident more likely. Federal rules require that information to be visible. The dealer will reload the software for the instrument cluster.
Reported 2021-03-11 · Campaign 21V164000 · Model years: 2021
The sensor in the front passenger seat that decides whether someone is sitting there may fail to recognize a child restraint seat, so these vehicles do not meet the federal rule for occupant crash protection. If the system does not detect the child seat, the front passenger airbag can stay switched on and inflate during a crash. A front airbag going off right next to a child sitting in a child seat can seriously injure that child. Dealers will replace the sensor unit.
Reported 2020-07-28 · Campaign 20V436000 · Model years: 2020
When you tow a trailer with your Telluride and use Smart Cruise Control, the system can slow the vehicle down on its own. On these vehicles, the trailer's brake lights do not come on when that happens. Drivers behind you get no signal that you are slowing down, so they may not brake in time. Federal lighting rules require those lights to work. The dealer will add a wire to the main fuse box so the trailer lights come on.
Reported 2019-08-13 · Campaign 19V594000 · Model years: 2020
Some seat belts in these Tellurides — in the front passenger seat and the second or third row — may not hold a child car seat tightly enough in a crash. That means the vehicle does not meet the federal rule for protecting people in a crash. A separate issue is that the driver's seat belt may carry a label that is not the U.S. version. Dealers check the belts and replace any wrong ones, including that driver's belt.