2020 Telluride SX w/towing rear suspension

[BigWaveDave]

Hello Telluride owners,
I recently purchased a 2020 SX, 65K miles, out of warranty. I noticed the rear suspension is poor, when rolling over bumps it’s loud, sounds like it’s bottoming out, and uncomfortable.

I am unable to locate any aftermarket self leveling shocks. I don’t want to replace them with the same ones that are on there.

Has anyone faced this same situation and replaced with something different?

I’m open to changing the springs and shocks.

 

[PittPa]

KYB aftermarket shock option for standard shock replacement

KYB is advertising part # 3440062 as a direct replacement for the Kia Telluride 2020-2022 rear shock (without the self-leveling shocks, aka no towing package) https://www.kyb.com/products/excel-g/ Nice to see at least one affordable alternative finally out!

tellurideforum.org

Some discussion about these here. They make 3rd party shocks now that will work to replace the ones your have if they springs are correct. I am not sure if the springs for the towing package are different from the standard ones. This is a place to start.

 

[BigWaveDave]

Dealer replaced both self leveling rear shocks. Drives much better now.

However, still feels like something is off, like something is off balance. My thought is the spring or springs are damaged from riding on 2 bad shocks.

Next step will be to replace with the stronger non leveling version of springs.

Has anyone done this?