2021 Kia Telluride

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE PASSENGER NAD DRIVERS WINDOW FLEXES AND WILL NOT ALWAYS ROLLUP. THE WINDOW FLEXES ENOUGH THAT IT CONTACTS THE DOOR GASKETS AND IT ASSUMES THERE IS A PINCH POINT AND ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN. THE ONLY WAY TO CORRECT THIS IS SLOW DOWN TO LESS THAN 55 MILES AND HOUR OR FIDDLE WITH THE WINDOWS TO TRY AND GET THE BACK PRESSURE REDUCED. THE KIA DEALER CAN REPLICATED THIS AND KIA TECH LINE SAYS THIS IS OPERATING WITHIN DESIGN.IT IS NOT A SEFEY ISSUE TO SLOW DOWN ON A HIGHWAY TO ROLLUP[ A WINDOW OR BE DISTRACTED WITH A WORKAROUND.

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY, WE HEARD A LOUD CRACK AND OUR SUNROOF BURST OPEN AND SHOWERED US WITH TEMPED GLASS. IT WAS VERY STARTLING AND CAUSED MY WIFE TO VEER INTO THE OPPOSITE LANE MOMENTARILY. THE SUNROOF BURST OPEN IN AN UPWARD FASHION. NOTHING HIT THE SUNROOF GLASS. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR. OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 55 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2021 KIA TELLURIDE. THE CONTACT STATED UPON PLACING A SEAT CUSHION IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT, THE PASSENGER SIDE OCCUPANT SENSOR WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE THE WEIGHT OF AN OCCUPANT IN THE SEAT WITH THE CUSHION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CUSHION WAS A NECESSARY SAFETY FEATURE NEEDED FOR HER HUSBAND DUE TO A DISABILITY. THE CONTACT CALLED GRINDSTAFF KIA (3608 BRISTOL HWY, JOHNSON CITY, TN 37601, (423) 262-4200) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST HER WITH THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED THE SAME INFORMATION AS THE DEALER. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500.

BOUGHT KIA TELLURIDE 2021 IN DEC 2020, ITS WINDSHIELD BROKE IT SELF WHICH APPEARS TO BE FRAME STRESS RELATED ISSUE, DEALERSHIP ENGINEERS CAME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION. I RESEARCHED MORE AND FOUND THE SAME REPORTED ISSUES ON YEAR 2019 AND 2020 TELLURIDE. LOOKS LIKE KIA HAS NOT FIXED THIS CRITICAL DEFECT AND REFUSING TO ACCEPT THAT THERE ARE SERIOUS DESIGN ISSUES WITH KIA TELLURIDE. I REPORTING THIS AS I BELIEVE THIS DEFECT IF NOT CORRECTED WILL RESULT IN INNOCENT DEATHS. THIS IS SHAMEFUL THAT A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR COMPANY DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE LIVES OF THEIR PAYING CUSTOMERS.

WE JUST TOOK OUR FIRST TRIP IN OUR KIA TELLURIDE - 1,700 TOTAL MILES. THE VEHICLE HAD 1,200 MILES BEFORE THE TRIP. BY THE TIME WE RETURNED HOME, THERE IS ONE MAJOR CHIP, ONE MINOR CHIP AND OVER 20 MICRO-CHIPS/POCK MARKS IN THE WINDSHIELD. THE WINDSHIELD ALREADY LOOKS WORSE THAN THE SEVEN-YEAR OLD, 115,000-MILE HONDA ODYSSEY'S WE CAME FROM (WHICH TRAVERSED THE EXACT SAME ROUTE AT LEAST 10 TIMES). YOU WOULD THINK THE FRONT OF THE TELLURIDE WOULD BE A MESS IF THE WINDSHIELD IS THAT BAD, BUT WE CAN FIND ONLY ONE SMALL NICK IN THE PAINT ON THE HOOD. THERE WAS ONE, AUDIBLE ROCK HIT ON THE TRIP - WE ASSUME THAT IS THE BIG CHIP. THE AFOREMENTIONED ODYSSEY TOOK SEVERAL SIMILAR OR BIGGER HITS THAN THAT WITH NO DAMAGE WHATSOEVER. AS FOR ALL THE POCK MARKS, IT SEEMS THOSE WERE CAUSED BY SIMPLY DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. THEY ARE NOT CONCENTRATED IN A PARTICULAR AREA OF THE WINDSHIELD - THEY ARE ALL OVER. WE LOVE EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE VEHICLE BUT NOW HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH WHAT SEEMS LIKE A 10-YEAR OLD WINDSHIELD AFTER SIX WEEKS OF OWNERSHIP, AND ARE LEFT TO WONDER IF ANY OF THE MICRO-CHIPS WILL LEAD TO FURTHER DAMAGE. THE TELLURIDE WINDSHIELD IS CLEARLY NOT UP TO PAR. WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN REPLACING IT WITH NEW KIA GLASS UNTIL THEY RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. THE ATTACHED PHOTO IS OF THE BIG CHIP. ABOVE THE BIG CHIP (ABOVE THE BLACK DOTS), YOU CAN SEE A FEW OF THE POCK MARKS/MICRO-CHIPS MENTIONED.

021 KIA TELLURIDE, FEBRUARY 13, 2021. TEMPERATURES ARE SINGLE DIGITS OR BELOW AND GOT WORSE AS THE WEEK WENT ON. STARTED THE ENGINE AND A LOUD SQUEAL OR WHISTLING NOISE CAME FROM THE TOP OF THE ENGINE. LAST ABOUT 30 SECONDS THEN SLOWLY STOPS. ENGINE ALSO STARTS TO SOUND LIKE IT HAS MORE POWER ONCE NOISE STOPS. BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST 8 DAYS. BELTS AND PULLEYS SEEM TO BE WORKING FINE AND CANNOT SEE ANY ISSUES. SOUND LIKE IT IS COMING FROM UNDER THE ENGINE COVER BUT DO NOT WANT TO REMOVE COVER CAUSE TOO COLD AND DO NOT WANT TO JEOPARDIZE WARRANTY STIPULATIONS. CONTACTED MIDWEST KIA IN WICHITA, KANSAS. SENT THEM A VIDEO AND THEY THINK IT IS A VACUUM LEAK OF SOME KIND. MIDWEST KIA SAID THEY CANNOT REPORT IT TO KIA UNTIL THEY CAN SEE THE CAR BUT WE ARE 2 HOURS AWAY AND CANNOT GET OFF WORK TO TAKE IT AND NEED OUR CAR FOR WORK. I OWN A MORTUARY AND HAVE FUNERALS AND MY WIFE IS A TEACHER AND CANNOT GET SUBSTITUTES DO TO COVID. I SAID BASED ON MY RESEARCH IT SOUNDS LIKE INTAKE MANIFOLD. ON THE KIA FORUMS, MANY PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THESE VERY COLD TEMPS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME NOISE AND ENCOURAGED ME TO REPORT THE ISSUE. I FEEL IT IS COLD RELATED AND HOPE KIA LOOKS INTO THIS PROBLEM. THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR HAS BEEN SITTING FOR SEVERAL HOURS. IF WE USE IT OFF AND ON WITHOUT SITTING TOO LONG THE NOISE DOES NOT HAPPEN. CAR RUNS GREAT ONCE THE NOISE STOPS.