List the thing(s) that annoy you about your Telluride

[slayer72]

The only annoying thing I have is the worry of a cracked windshield or punctured radiator/condenser. I think there's been enough reports to warrant a policy from KIA for the windshield.

 

[ronniebell]

• Center captain chairs do not recline as much as I had hoped.
• Confusing dashboard control settings. Takes some time to get used to them. Also, a little hard for me to see (too small of a font.)
• Poor illumination of headlights (S Trim). Have since upgraded to LED.
• Warning sounds (blind spot and lane departure) are too loud. If anyone is sleeping, the noise wakes them up. These sounds can be turned off in the settings, but that defeats the purpose.

 

[rcoplien]

I always lock my vehicle if I hop in a gas station and it's running I always lock it so if they unlock kept their vehicle unlocked then they are idiots

 

[art_yow]

Now that the new car honeymoon period is over with my 2020 SX, I am noticing more and more things that I don't like:

- accelerator pedal feel
- transmission lag (regardless of the mode)
- mediocre handling
- lower portion of side door extends too far - plastic has broken
- no oil life tracking (just a simple millage minder)
- poor keyless lock and unlock function
- poor placement of the garage door buttons & no backlight

I do not enjoy driving it as much as my previous Acura MDX or even my current Honda Ridgeline.

I will probably get rid of the Telluride sooner than later

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[PittPa]

Now that the new car honeymoon period is over with my 2020 SX, I am noticing more and more things that I don't like:

- accelerator pedal feel
- transmission lag (regardless of the mode)
- mediocre handling
- lower portion of side door extends too far - plastic has broken
- no oil life tracking (just a simple millage minder)
- poor keyless lock and unlock function
- poor placement of the garage door buttons & no backlight

I do not enjoy driving it as much as my previous Acura MDX or even my current Honda Ridgeline.

I will probably get rid of the Telluride sooner than later

Ouch! And I kind of agree!

 

[rcoplien]

You know you could probably sell that Telluride for almost a decent profit now

 

[adierks3]

• Center captain chairs do not recline as much as I had hoped.
• Confusing dashboard control settings. Takes some time to get used to them. Also, a little hard for me to see (too small of a font.)
• Poor illumination of headlights (S Trim). Have since upgraded to LED.
• Warning sounds (blind spot and lane departure) are too loud. If anyone is sleeping, the noise wakes them up. These sounds can be turned off in the settings, but that defeats the purpose.

You can turn the warning sound down in the options

 

[Jsm172]

I’m sure mine annoyances have already been mention but after having ours for a month. The UI for the steering controls/dash are just bad. No ability to go through radio channels except ones that are on preset. Up is down and down is up. Can’t connect a phone to Bluetooth while driving? I mean wtf?

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[JAM]

I’m sure mine annoyances have already been mention but after having ours for a month. The UI for the steering controls/dash are just bad. No ability to go through radio channels except ones that are on preset. Up is down and down is up. Can’t connect a phone to Bluetooth while driving? I mean wtf?

some of this is somewhat common. On both my VW and Mazda I can only control radio via presets on the wheel. (But try holding down for seek and flick for presets). The up/down thing is kinda a weird UX problem introduced to mimic touch controls- the same issue exists in Mac OS touchpad controls for scrolling (though they allow you to reverse it). Using a touch interface you actually use an up motion to go down, I’m sure KIA was trying to keep the motion the same for both interfaces, but it’s counterintuitive for a switch. On my Mazda you push up to down shift and back to up shift (weird but perhaps mimicking going between 1st and 2nd on a conventional transmission?) On both my VW and Mazda you are significantly limited to what settings you can access while the car is in motion.

you wonder if they focus group any of this stuff?

 

[irvineboy]

EX:

1. Headlights
2. Reverse Lights
3. No homelink
4. No Widescreen Android Auto
5. No dimming side mirrors

These are all nit-picks though and aside from 4 and 5 you can correct them.

No homelink for garage door opener on the EX?

 

[jumpyg]

No homelink for garage door opener on the EX?

No, but you can add the mirror with homelink for about $300. Looks like an easy swap.

 

[jumpyg]

I've had my Telly for two weeks and love it for the most part.

My biggest annoyance is the closest following distance for the adaptive cruise control is about twice as big as it should be. You have people cutting in front of you all the time if you're trailing that far, at least in Michigan. I have no idea why you would choose the longest setting (step 4). Who would follow that far???

Somebody else mentioned the homelink buttons on the mirror. They're hard to locate without looking at them, and they don't light up at night. Much prefer the setup on my old Acadia of having the buttons on the ceiling.

Radio interface: stupid purple color, SXM presets with the channel number instead of the channel name (totally stupid), and weird vacuum tubes or whatever they are. Plus you have a ton of real estate, and they make the XM channel number huge, but the channel name tiny. Nobody cares what the channel number is at all, that should be very small. Also, why not more room for the song/artist information? Again, that's a little more important than the channel number.

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[Kia2020TB]

22’ SXP NF/T:

- Towing capacity; wish it would have been 5500 - 6500
- No steering responsive headlights
- No wireless AppleCar Play
- Car seat anchors for all back seats; the third row only has anchor points on the 60 split (drivers side) but not the 40 split. This literally doesn’t make sense, when hauling my family of 5 on a road trip, I put the baby in the third row while she sleeps but I loose a lot of trunk space since all I get is the 40 split for luggage rather than the baby on the 40 and luggage on the 60 split side.
- Lack of USB-C charging ports; USB-A galore but tech industry has already been pushing on USB-C (i.e., Apple Lighting to USB-C). Not a single USB-C outlet, on Kia’s flagship high selling vehicle In 2022. The cost couldn’t have been that much of a difference.
- Lack of 4-pin wiring for towing; has a standard 7-pin which requires an adapter to use a 4-pin. It only tows 5,000; practical utility trailers to be towed by a Telluride are running 4-pin.

 

[arattle]

Rattle from second row captain chair or rear meaning 3rd row? I have an annoying rattle coming from the 2nd row passenger side captain chair when it's vacant. When someone is sitting there, rattle goes away

Try changing the angle of the recline...I had the same thing happen in another car.

 

[T’Ride]

TINY a COMPASS in the top left corner of maps. Can’t they make it bigger?

 

[ozzieandfriends]

I wish they illuminated the cabin light switch and sunroof switches above the rear mirror. The UVO info button lights up…

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[SarahP0807]

No heat while the car is idling or traveling at any speed less than 2000rpm. It's ridiculous.

 

[Kia2020TB]

No heat while the car is idling or traveling at any speed less than 2000rpm. It's ridiculous.

I’m a little dumbfounded on this. Would you be able to elaborate? In my experience, that hasn’t been much of an issue with one (1) exception.

- If idling in Drive, with auto start/stop active, it does tend to kill the AC or heat while stationary with the brake engaged or auto hold. I usually always turn the damn thing off right when I get in, stupid that it’s default active and no way to completely turn it off without a bypass module.

- While the latter of the two concerns, I’m not sure what you’re experiencing cause in my SXP AWD NF/T Telluride, I have heat at all in Park, Neutral, and any gear at any speed with the exception of the above i.e., auto start/stop. This goes for circulates heat, heated steering wheel, and all four (4) heated seats, I haven’t had a problem. If this is your issue, I’d say you have something faulty unless I’m missing something.

 

[SarahP0807]

I’m a little dumbfounded on this. Would you be able to elaborate? In my experience, that hasn’t been much of an issue with one (1) exception.

- If idling in Drive, with auto start/stop active, it does tend to kill the AC or heat while stationary with the brake engaged or auto hold. I usually always turn the damn thing off right when I get in, stupid that it’s default active and no way to completely turn it off without a bypass module.

- While the latter of the two concerns, I’m not sure what you’re experiencing cause in my SXP AWD NF/T Telluride, I have heat at all in Park, Neutral, and any gear at any speed with the exception of the above i.e., auto start/stop. This goes for circulates heat, heated steering wheel, and all four (4) heated seats, I haven’t had a problem. If this is your issue, I’d say you have something faulty unless I’m missing something.

I drive in comfort mode and turn off the auto stsrt/stop 100% of the time. I seriously hate that feature although I understand it's purpose.

The steering wheel and seats heat up fine but I promise I'm not exaggerating when I say that we have no hot air blowing out if the car is below 2k rpm - in Minnesota. It's been in three times for repair and I was told at the last visit that it's a well-documented, known issue with Kia but the car is "working as designed" according to the manufacturer specs. (The engine is at the correct temp but the warm air isn't making it to the occupants.) This is SO dangerous in Minnesota - we literally had below zero temps last week.

 

[Waiting4Rain]

I hope this is an isolated issue. Here in ND, we have below zero temps at least four months out of the year, and a good percentage of time in the car is idling at stop lights and in parking lots, etc. I would definitely question that "working as designed" statement from the dealer.