2020 Kia Telluride

ABOUT A WEEK AGO, MY WIFE DROVE OUT TO GO SHOPPING BUT RETURNED WITHIN 5 MINS DUE TO A LOW PRESSURE TIRE WARNING. THE TIRE WAS VERY LOW AND SHE PARKED THE CAR IN THE GARAGE. I REMOVED THE JACK (WHICH HAD NEVER BEEN USED PREVIOUSLY) AND STARTED TO JACK UP THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHERE THE FLAT WAS. I WAS SHOWING THE NOTCHES FOR POSITIONING THE JACK TO MY WIFE AND SHOWING HER HOW TO PROPERLY JACK UP A VEHICLE. BEAR IN MIND, I HAVE ROTATED MY TIRES AND DONE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS ON MY CARS/SUVS, VANS FOR OVER 30 YEARS. I HAD THE JACK STRAIGHT UP IN THE CORRECT POSITION AND ON A PERFECTLY FLAT GARAGE FLOOR AND STARTED TO JACK THE CAR UP. BY THIS TIME THE TIRE HAD DEFLATED TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT IT HAD ABOUT AN INCH OR TWO FROM THE RIM TOUCHING THE GROUND. I HAD JUST GOTTEN THE VEHICLE UP TO NORMAL RIDE HEIGHT WHEN THE JACK COLLAPSED SUDDENLY AND THE CAR CAME DOWN. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT AND AM JUST THANKFUL THAT I WASN'T IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO TAKE THE WHEEL OFF. I TOOK A PICTURE OF THE JACK AND THERE IS A BOW TO THE THREADED ROD BUT OTHERWISE YOU CAN'T SEE VERY MUCH FROM THE PICTURE. WHEN YOU TURN THE JACK, YOU CAN EASILY SEE A SIGNIFICANT WOBBLE IN THE WINDING ACTION. I CAN'T IMAGE HAVING TO TRY AND JACK UP A VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN LESS THAN IDEAL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT I HAD IN MY GARAGE. SCARY TO SAY THE LEAST.

FRONT COLLISION WARNING MALFUNCTION. WHEN A VEHICLE TO MY LEFT AND IN FRONT OF ME BRAKES, MY VEHICLE THINKS IT'S IN FRONT OF ME AND AUTOMATICALLY BRAKES WITH WARNINGS ON THE WINDSHIELD DISPLAY. VERY DANGEROUS TO THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE SEVERAL TIMES. TWICE THEY RECALIBRATED THE SENSORS AND ON THE LAST VISIT, THEY SAID THEY REPLACED THE SENSOR. IT'S STILL HAPPENING SO I NEED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE IN AGAIN. I'VE SEARCHED THIS ONLINE IN FORUM AND YOUTUBE, AND IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP TELLS ME KIA ISN'T AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.

ONE MONTH AFTER PURCHASE, MY WINDSHIELD CRACK FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I NOTICED A SMALL LINEAR CRACK ALONG THE CENTER BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD AFTER IT BEING PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY OVERNIGHT. WITHIN HOURS THE CRACK SPREAD ALONG THE ENTIRE GLASS. KIA REPAIRED IT UNDER THE GOOD FAITH WARRANTY BUT I HAD TO WAIT 3-4 WEEKS FOR A WINDSHIELD TO COME IN, HAVING TO DRIVE IT LIKE THAT IN THE MEANTIME. AFTER THEY REMOVED THE WINDSHIELD AND INSPECTED IT, THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY KIND OF IMPACT MARK. ONE MONTH AFTER REPAIR, A VERY SMALL PIECE OF DEBRIS HIT THE WINDSHIELD WHILE I WAS DRIVING (APRX 40-45 MPH) AND CAUSED A SMALL CIRCULAR CHIP THAT COULD HAVE BEEN CURED WITH RESIN TO PREVENT IT FROM SPREADING. HOWEVER, WITHIN 15 MINUTES THE CHIP CONTINUED AND SPREAD IN 3 LINEAR CRACKS. BY THE NEXT DAY THE CRACK RAN ACROSS THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD AND NOW THE WINDSHIELD HAS TO BE REPLACED, AGAIN. ASIDE FROM IT BEING ANNOYING AND COSTLY TO FIX, I FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE FEELING LIKE THE WINDSHIELD COULD COMPLETELY BREAK ON ME WHILE I'M DRIVING.

THE EXHAUST PIPE END BY THE REAR BUMPER IS CAUSING BURNS ON MY HUSBAND AND TWO OUT OF THREE OF MY CHILDREN. IT IS NOT PUSHED BACK ENOUGH SO WHEN THE TRUNK IT OPENED AFTER DRIVING AND WE GO TO REMOVE ITEMS FROM CAR IT LEAVES BURNS. THE DESIGN NEEDS TO BE CHANGED AND A RECALL WOULD BE EXPECTED AS I HAVE FOUND WHILE DOING RESEARCH MANY TELLURIDE OWNERS HAVE THIS ISSUE AND IT IS NOT SAFE.

DRIVING DOWN 294 SOUTH (A HIGHWAY), AT APPROXIMATELY 60MPH, WITH NO OTHER VEHICLE AROUND OUR VEHICLE AND NOT GOING UNDER AN OVERPASS, THERE WAS A VERY LOUD BANG. MY 2 KIDS WERE IN THE MIDDLE TWO SEATS AND STARTED SCREAMING AND CRYING BECAUSE OF THE LOUD NOISE AND ALSO BECAUSE GLASS WAS FALLING ON THEM. THE LOUD BANG TURNED OUT TO BE THE PANORAMIC MOONROOF EXPLODING ON ITS OWN. NOTHING HIT THE CAR OR THE ROOF AS THERE WERE NO CARS AROUND US. WE QUICKLY CLOSED THE COVER TO THE MOONROOF SO MORE GLASS WOULDN'T FALL ON THE KIDS. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE THE MOONROOF EXPLODED OUTWARD AND NOT INWARD AS IF SOMETHING HIT IT. THE PANORAMIC MOONROOF DOESN'T OPEN. *TR

ON THE 19TH OF FEBRUARY, 2020 AT APPROX. 11:00AM, I WAS HEADING EAST BOUND ON I-44 NEAR FT LEONARD WOOD, MO WHEN MY SUNROOF SUDDENLY EXPLODED. I HAD MY CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 72MPH. THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES IN MY GENERAL AREA. ALL WINDOWS WERE ROLLED AS WELL AS THE SUNROOF BEING CLOSED, WITH THE INSIDE SUN SHADE BEING IN THE CLOSED POSITION. INSIDE TEMP WAS SET AT 72 DEGREES WITH THE FAN SETTING ON THE THIRD SETTING. I AM UNSURE OF THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE BUT IT WAS ABOVE FREEZING. MY LOCAL KIA DEALER, ROPER KIA OF JOPLIN, MO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE THURSDAY MORNING AT 8AM, AFTER THEIR INSPECTION THEY CONTACTED THE DISTRICT SERVICE MANAGER WHO AUTHORIZED THE SUNROOF TO BE REPLACED UNDER GOODWILL WARRANTY AT NO COST TO MYSELF.

TELLURIDE RECENTLY PURCHASED NOVEMBER 2019. LAST WEEK MY WINDSHIELD HAD A TINY CHIP AND WITHIN 1 1/2 HOURS OF ME COMING OUT OF A MEETING THE TINY CHIP HAD EXPANDED ACROSS MY WINDSHIELD. TWO DAYS AGO I WAS DRIVING AND A SMALL PEBBLE (?) HIT MY WINDSHIELD AND AGAIN CHIPPED THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF MY WINDSHIELD. THAT CHIP HAS NOT SPREAD AS BADLY AS THE FIRS. I WAS GLAD TO SEE THE LETTER FROM KIA IN MY MAILBOX THIS WEEK. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP THIS MORNING TO SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT FOR REPAIR. HOPEFULLY REPLACING WINDSHIELD WILL AVOID FUTURE ISSUES.

A VERY SMALL ROCK HIT THE EDGE OF MY WINDSHIELD, AND IT CRACKED TO BE OVER A FOOT LONG ACROSS THE NEXT 5 MINUTES. THE MARK FROM THE ROCK IS TINY, AND SHOULD NOT HAVE LEAD TO THIS LARGE OF A CRACK SO QUICKLY. I HAVE HEARD REPEATEDLY THAT THIS IS COMMON ON TELLURIDE WINDSHIELDS. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND VERY UNSAFE. THE DAY THIS HAPPENED, I HAD ONLY HAD THE VEHICLE 5 DAYS.