2022 Kia Telluride UNKNOWN OR OTHER
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Front sunroof suddenly shattered while going down highway. Remaining glass was pushed outward and no sign of impact was seen.
Sunroof suddenly exploded while driving.
Our Kia Telluride caught fire after sitting for about 3 hours. My husband had driven it that day with no issue. After it sat in our driveway for 3 hours, we noticed that it was on fire. The fire started in the back/underneath part of the vehicle. It was a complete loss.
Sunroof glass exploded
⸻ The issue I’m experiencing is with the power windows. The problem comes and goes—sometimes none of the windows in the car will roll down at all. When this happens, there is nothing I can do to get them to work. Other times, the windows work normally. This is a safety concern because if the windows won’t roll down, we have no emergency exit from the car besides the sunroof. The sunroof has not had any issues. There have been times when only the driver’s side window will work, but none of the other windows will, even though each seat can normally operate its own window without a problem. I have not had the car inspected yet by a dealer or service center. I was first checking to see if there were any recalls or other complaints, and I did notice other people reporting the same issue. No warning lights, messages, or other symptoms appeared before the problem started. It just happens randomly.
PAINT IS FLAKING ON HOOD
The rear sunroof exploded. Just happy the screen was closed or it would have rained glass down on my kids.
FRONT SUNROOF SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODED
The sunroof in my 2022 Kia Telluride will not slide backwards to be completely open. It will slide about an inch then stop. Yesterday I took it to the local Kia dealership who tried to clean the tracks. They told me that didn’t work and that I would need to bring it back, leave it all day and pay close to $400 JUST to find the problem. Today I was taking a look again myself and noticed the deflector is broken. The cheap plastic has just broken right off and the piece is laying there lifeless. Because I travel for work, I am no longer under warranty. An estimate just for parts to fix everything is close to $4000! Without labor!! And, I did all of that research in 10 minutes which would have cost me $400 and a whole day without my car if I had done as they wanted. This is outrageous. My car is TWO years old and already things are breaking. I see in forums that this is NOT a new issue. Why isn’t Kia doing something about this? People don’t have thousands of dollars to just throw around when we already pay an arm and a leg for the car anyway! I am now stuck with a sunroof that doesn’t work properly unless Kia will PUT OUT A RECALL!!!!
Description of Problem: Component/System: Windshield Failure/Malfunction: The windshield on my 2022 KIA Telluride developed a 6-inch crack that rapidly expanded to approximately 27 inches over the course of one night while the vehicle was parked in my garage. The crack appeared without any visible external impact or cause. Safety Risk: The sudden and significant expansion of the crack compromises the structural integrity of the windshield, posing potential safety risks for the driver and passengers, including impaired visibility and reduced impact protection. Confirmation/Reproduction: While the issue has not yet been confirmed or reproduced by a dealer or independent service center, I have found numerous online complaints from other KIA Telluride owners experiencing similar issues with their windshields cracking without apparent reason or after minor impacts such as small stones. Inspection: The vehicle and component have not been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives, or any other parties at this time. Warning Symptoms: There were no warning lamps, messages, or other symptoms prior to the crack’s appearance.
I have a 2022 Kia Telluride with 3 "urgent" recalls. Unfortunately, I am in the military and stationed overseas. The local Kia dealer cannot view the recalls in their system. We contacted a Kia dealer in our US home state, and they told us they cannot provide the parts or work to be conducted without the vehicle being in the US. As it stands, we cannot ship the vehicle back to the US when we move as there are recalls on the vehicle. We have an expensive paperweight and no clear path to fix the issues.
Rear windshield spontaneously shattered. Turned on vehicle and shifted from park and as I pulled forward I heard a pop a noticed my whole back windshield just completely shattered. Didn't hit anything or nothing was thrown. Initially looked thought someone may have hit with something or thrown a rock when parked to explain the damage, but security footage does not indicate any such activity and confirmed with police.
Cross bar key covers keep coming loose and flapping around while driving. They do not stay engaged. I note this was an issue in 2020 models. Please require another technical service bulletin requiring them to fix this. It is dangerous if it flies off while driving and hits other vehicles.
The sunroof basically exploded and shattered out of nowhere. We were driving on the freeway with no one else around else when we heard a loud POP like we got hit. It was so loud it woke up the 2 kids and the [XXX]. We heard air coming through the closed sunroof and immediately pulled over and got out of the car. When we looked at it, the glass was shattered. Nothing hit us, there was no one around (had just passed through Pueblo CO head to Albuquerque.) The load pop surprised my spouse that was driving which could have caused an accident. The 2yr old car set was situated in the middle seat which was right under the sunroof. The glass could have gotten into all our eyes or cut us. I called the extended Warranty and it does not cover broken glass. He said he heard of this happening before. I did a quick search online and it seems like it’s happened to many people. The sunroof just exploding for no reason. Will have to go through insurance to get it fixed. I added pictures (I couldn’t really reach to get the whole view) we have duct tape on it now. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Driving home on highway moving 50-60 mph when suddenly loud noise from roof of vehicle, pulled over and found sun roof glass blown out and appearing like it blew upward, sun roof was in closed mode at time
The sunroof glass of the Kia Telluride EXPLODED while driving on the freeway. It sounded like a gun fired off inside the vehicle. NOTHING hit the glass to cause this to happen.
I took the car to the selling dealer for an oil change and two recalls. When i picked the car up I was told requested work was performed. I was also told they updated the radio. I did not request this and It was not mentioned prior to receiving the car. The safety issue; practically all systems connected to "Kia Connect" have changed. This is a major safety issue and distraction. 1. The screen intermittently does not turn on or is slow to respond when the car is started. 2. The touch screen sensitivity has changed. Doesn't always respond to commands requiring several attempts . 3.The entire on-screen radio format layout has changed from horizontal to vertical. 3.The GPS has added unnecessary commands 4. The voice activated phone commands have changed with additional unnecessary commands required to complete a call. The phone Bluetooth system, unknown to me, now switches to my wife's phone when I get out of the car and return, preventing me from making or receiving hands free calls while driving the car, defeating the whole purpose of a hands free system. Having sold car phones in the eighties, and being one of the first to have hands free in my car, I feel I know the systems better than most. Entire Bluetooth voice command and on screen displays have changed. On a recent trip on [XXX] in Chester, Pa there was debris blocking one lane of the three lane road. I attempted to notify PA State Police, When I said "Call Police" it displayed a number of 911 related phone numbers associated with 911 on the right portion of the screen from which I was required to respond to. Prior to this update the system would simply call "911" as programmed by me. Another distraction when attempting to making an emergency call. The car is over two years old with 51,000 miles. Obviously I have become familiar with all the systems in this time. I called "Kia Connect" which representative basically told me that was the change and to live with it. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
The driver sunroof glass exploded while driving. The shade was closed. It looks as if it exploded inward to outward and may have been a defect in glass. Due to safety, with possible glass shards falling into cabin area, the vehicle has been sitting while I've been dealing with the Kia dealership. I see online reviews where it's happened to multiple Kia owners. This should definitely be a recall.
After a short trip to the neighborhood with my toddler son in his car seat, I parked my 2022 Kia Telluride and turned off the engine, got out of the car and took my son out of his car seat. While I was trying to collect my items to get to our home, (my toddler standing waiting for me next to the driver door of the car) the car started to move backwards making a very loud noise. I was stuck in between the driver door but luckily I run with car till it came to a full stop after hitting my neighbor’s mail box. The car is only 6 mths old with about 6500 miles. The car was towed the dealerships (Capital Kia) where we bought the car from and is being examined for default.
This is the 3rd time my 2022 Telluride windshield will have to be replaced because of a crack from a small pebble on freeway. There is a defect of the windshield being thinner than most brands. There should be a recall to replace the windshield with a proper thickness one that doesn't crack so easily causing dangerous driving .
The car smells like vinegar when it’s first turned on. I believe it’s something to do with the air conditioner.
These windshields are paper-thin. Numerous cracks.
Windshield cracked unexpectedly.
Small rock hit windshield at normal driving speeds. The next day it was like a spiderweb and hardly a chip the day before. Kias have a class action lawsuit in regards to windshield quality.
Was on highway driving and all of a sudden my sun roof exploded. I did have my visor closed, so that protected me from glass coming into vehicle. Stopped at nearest dealership (out of town) and had to be covered with a covering to prevent rain coming inside. Nothing was on road or anything that hit the sunroof. This was relayed and also seen when I took to dealership about 30 minutes after incident. When I returned back to my city 2 days later, I took to dealership in my area. I also notified KIA corp. as well. My insurance covered repairs but KIA dealerhip said they wouldn't because they felt as if it wasn't due to a malfunction of the product. Which I totally disagreed with since I was in vehicle and knew exactly what occured. I did file a claim and report with KIA corp. but they said dealership said they couldn't say it was the product that was faulty. They kept my vehicle for close to a month before it was repaired. Time ran out for my rental because dealership said they had part but no one to repair it and thus we had to oay out of pocket for car rental for a few more days. My vehicle was purchased brand new and had no wrecks or any damage until this issue. And when we took to dealership some of employees said they had had others come in with same issue.
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The 2022 Kia Telluride has 51 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.