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2025 Kia Telluride engine problems

The 2025 Kia Telluride has 21 engine complaints filed with NHTSA — 18% of the year's total, and roughly flat versus the prior model year.

21

Engine complaints

18%

Share of year

0

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Engine complaints by year

Telluride engine complaints by model year138 complaints2020: 138 complaints2021: 54 complaints2022: 27 complaints2023: 22 complaints2024: 17 complaints2025: 21 complaints
Telluride engine complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

While driving, alarm bells go off and the display reads “engine is off. Pull over and put in p/n”. Car maintains radio but engine is off until able to be restarted. Has happened twice and been brought to dealership twice. They say there is no code showing and send us home without repairs.…

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Engine · May 23, 2026

Common questions

How many engine complaints does the 2025 Kia Telluride have?

NHTSA has 21 complaints about the 2025 Kia Telluride engine — 18% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.