Kia Telluride — model-year timeline & key facts
Published · Researched 2026-09-21
Compiled from the Kia Telluride deep-research dossier; researched 2026-09-21. UNVERIFIED flags from the source research are preserved verbatim.
Key facts
| Powertrain | ICE |
|---|---|
| Power | 291 |
| Range | - |
| Battery | FWD or AWD |
| 0–100 km/h | NA |
| Fast charge | 7 or 8 |
| New price US | 39190-58335 (2027 2.5T; hybrid 46490-57590; 2027 only new car) |
| New price EU | UNVERIFIED / not sold in EU |
| New price CN | UNVERIFIED / not sold in China |
| Used price signal | UNVERIFIED |
| Value call | Buy used 2023-2025 gen 1; never pay early 2027 launch prices |
| Sweet-spot year | 2023 |
| Years to avoid | 2020 / 2021 |
| Reliability flag | Red flag for 2020-2021 (oil/transmission); green for 2023-2025 |
| Biggest risk | 2020 oil consumption/engine failure without warning lights |
| Community verdict | Best three-row of its era if you dodge the birth year |
Model-year timeline 2021–2026
| Year | Generation / changes / reliability / used prices |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Gen 1 · Same V6 · Improved but 362 complaints (problemsbyvin); oil burning and trans complaints persist · 5 recalls · UNVERIFIED |
| 2022 | Gen 1 · Same V6 · Settling down; fire-recall exposure (tow-hitch covers 2020–2022) · Tow-hitch fire recall 22V-633 (244,980 units 2020–2022) · UNVERIFIED |
| 2023 | Gen 1 facelift · Same V6; refreshed styling/tech · Considered the settled gen-1 car by owners · Carryover recalls addressed · UNVERIFIED |
| 2024 | Gen 1 · Same V6 · Valve spring defect exposure · Valve spring recall (engine sub-assembly replacement) · UNVERIFIED |
| 2025 | Gen 1 (final year) · Same V6 · Cleanest gen-1 year outside the valve spring recall exposure · Valve spring recall covers some 2025s · UNVERIFIED |
| 2026 | No model year — skipped · — (remaining gen-1 inventory sold through CY2026) |
Sweet-spot year: 2023
Years to skip: 2020 / 2021