2022 Kia Telluride Wipers & Visibility Problems

My Wife was driving 37mph in town at 1:40pm on a 31* afternoon. When she hears an apparent "gunshot", it was not a gunshot. Her forward sunroof had exploded.

Vehicle does not blow hot air while in idle/parked when Vehicle is turned on or use remote start. Kia dealership could not find issues. Heat works while driving but once but into parked vehicle instantly goes lukewarm.

Sunroof suddenly exploded an hour ago while driving on the interstate at 70mph. It was loud, startling both the driver and passenger. It could have caused an accident.

Sunroof exploded

While driving at 75 mph on the highway with the air conditioning on, you heard a loud bang and discovered your sunroof had shattered and blown outward — about one-third of the glass was missing with a cone-shaped pattern at the edges of the damage. You had to temporarily seal the sunroof opening with duct tape and plastic sheeting to drive home safely. The repair will likely require a complete sunroof glass replacement and inspection of the sunroof frame and seals.

We are replacing a second windshield in less than 2 years. Small pebbles start a chip, and the window companies try to fill the chip, but it cracks anyway. In both instances, the crack spanned from one side toward the top and affected my line of sight.

Crack on the inside section of windshield. Top left corner sitting against the roof. Looks to be failure at install.

My windshield had a light crack and it ran pretty easily. It should not have done this so quickly. The crack should have been isolated and given me time to get it repaired before I have to replace the whole windshield.

The contact owns a 2022 Kia Telluride. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the rear windshield inadvertently shattered. No warning lights were illuminated.

Windshield had a small chip and then spidered next day across entire windshield. Dealer said, “So sorry, but can’t help or repair.” The 2020 Telluride had a recall and they fixed my first one after repeated calls.

Windshield crack developed from the lower left driver side, up and across to the middle of the glass right in the field of view of the driver. There was no chip, no strike of any kind. Simply pulled the car out of the garage where it is kept daily and went 1 mile to the mail box.

Small pebble was kicked up onto the Front Windshield on normal 35 MPH street driving. I have read up on many instances that the Kia Telluride has had many issues with thin or defective glass that is not able to withstand simple small rocks.. This is a MAJOR safety issue and concern that KIA must acknowledge for 2021 and 2022 Telluride owners..

Driver side wiper gets stuck and won’t wipe in intermittent mode. Sporadically stops in auto mode.

My windshield cracked in March 2023 from a small stone on passenger side. In June 2023 I had the windshield replaced by Kia. 2 weeks later, windshield cracked from under the A post on the driver side.

Saturday July 8 2023 heard crackling sounds like static coming from approximately 3/4 across the front console. Turned off radio, disconnected phone. Sounds continued, with no connection to road conditions or speed.

The windshield is fragile. A small rock hit the windshield at highway speed and started to crack. This is the 2nd time this has happened.

Driving slowly after just pulling onto a small road and a passing truck kicked up a very small pebble, it cracked the windshield with almost no impact mark, just left large cracks running across the windshield that spread another 5 inches or so having to drive the car to its destination since there was no one in that remote area to call, no cell service either.

Rear passenger window spontaneously imploded while driving on a freeway. I took photos immediately upon arrival at home. No one was harmed, but had it been one of the front seat windows or someone seated in the back seat, they would have been harmed.

Windshield cracked with less than 5,000 miles on the vehicle. I noticed it after picking it up from the dealership for an oil change.

I was driving and a small pebble hit my windshield from a truck traveling in the opposite direction. The crack spidered out slightly. After 1 hour it traveled halfway across the windshield in my line of vision.

Windshield is a safety hazard, I have not had the car for 3 months and have already had to repair it due to it having multiple cracks and chips.

Small rock hit windshield on very edge, the initial impact only produced a chip not much larger than the tip of a ballpoint pen but within minutes a large crack has spread at least 18" across the windshield.

While driving at approximately 35 MPH, with no vehicles, pedestrians, lawnmowers, trees, road hazards, etc., near, the windshield spontaneously cracked near the passenger side pillar. The initial crack was circular with spider-webbing, the longest of which was approximately 6 inches (not exact due to being measured with a hand as reference).

Front windshield developed hairline crack on lower driver side. Crack measures approximately 12 inches in length. No evidence of any impact.

Windshield crack developed 6 inches above from bottom from drive side when driving on highway after 2 hours of drive. No one near my vehicle and not related to any Collison. Crack increased from 3 inch to half of the screen on parked car.

Cracked windshield developed within hours and it was sitting in the driveway. I have not had this vehicle for more than 30 days only to find out this is a MAJOR issue I have to jump through hoops to fix. I was sold Ownershield (and sent them photos for review) and was told when sold that product that I could get the KIA windsheild replaced with KIA parts (they knew this would happen).

Windshield. Windshield was chipped by a flying rock or piece of debris on the right side just at the edge on February 14, 2022. Within one to two weeks a crack had formed and went two-thirds of the way across the windshield in the view of the driver.

Purchased 2022 Telluride Nightfall EX end of August and at the beginning of March and within about 6000 miles a small rock kicked up from a car caused a chip which spread to a large crack the next day. Dealership would not replace due to chip that wasn’t even visible as it was in lower passenger corner of black area.

Windshield is so thin. I have 2 cracks within 2 months. One is right in my line of vision.

I just recently bought a 2022 Kia Telluride 7 days ago and while driving on the freeway the windshield shattered in the lower corner of driver side. There was no car in front of me (not a close distance) or near me for that matter and there was no overpass for a rock to have fallen from. My windshield shattered and glass landed in my face, eyes, and mouth, and all over the inside of my car.

12 hours after departing the dealership with my new car the windshield cracked. I was driving on the freeway and a small pebble size object hit the windshield. Immediately there was a crack and within hours it spread.

The windshield cracked for no apparent reason. The crack was on the driver's side, about 16 inches long, starting near the top and curving around the driver's view to the middle of the windshield.

I had noticed a 1" wide crack had formed in the center of the windshield after first night of cold weather (~10°F). There was no prior damage to the windshield before the crack formed. I'm concerned that the crack will continue to spread as we progress into the winter in the upper Midwest, ultimately shattering while I'm driving.

Windshield cracked for no reason. Developed a crack from the edge to the center of the windshield about 2 ft long.

I was driving my 2022 Kia Telluride and my windshield crack, on the road and the crackline still running across my windshield. I think is dangerous to drive, but I don't if Kia will replace or do I need to pay my self

Description of the Problem: I noticed a crack suddenly appearing on my car’s windshield without any external impact, such as a rock or debris. The crack seems to have formed spontaneously, starting from the bottom edge and growing through the center of the glass, and there are no visible signs of external damage or impact points.

A small rock hit my windshield on my way to work but did not initially appear to cause damage. Upon arriving at work I made no notice of any visible cracks or damage. Went in to the office, worked 8 hours, proceeding to get in my Telluride, removed my sunshade and noticed about an 18" to 24" long crack in my winshield running right down the middle.

Windshield cracked under normal driving conditions. The crack was not caused by a strike or impact of any kind.

My windshield has cracked spontaneously and now I have a crack that is the length of a quarter of the windshield.

Our windshield spontaneously cracked despite striking nothing.

In preparation for winter driving operations that include clearing the windshield of snow and ice, "before entering the vehicle"; both windshield wiper arm assemblies are not able to be lifted away or disentangled from the windshield glass due to the specific design interference of the hood.

While puling down our gravel driveway at a low rate of speed, a small gravel rock hit the passenger side lower corner of our windshield causing a very small circular chip in the glass. Day 0 - We pulled into our garage immediately evaluating what we knew happened because we heard it... and we couldn't find ANYTHING.

2 cracked windshields that spidered out after a small pebble.

A minor rock hit the windshield and caused a 1 inch crack approximately. It would have been small enough to fill in, however, the next day it spread to more than half the windshield after being in the sun. There is an existing letter referencing this exact issue from 2019 and looks like this is still an ongoing issue with the Telluride models and has not been remedied.

windshield cracks without visible reasons on highway

Windshield Crack

The windshield easily cracked during standstill and parked. The vehicle was relatively new at 8000miles. There was no visible evidence as to debris coming from outside.

Minimal impact caused immediate massive cracking across majority of front windshield. Spoke with others who own the same vehicle have had similar issues with fragile windshield glass

While driving, a small rock hit the the windshield. This caused a circular Crack in the windshield. The crack seemed excessive given the low rare of speed (approximately 25mph).

The windshield has cracked in our vehicle. I cannot see any impact that would have caused a crack to form. It appears to be potential defect if the glass or type of glass used.

Windshield. Pics have been taken. Windshield cracked just sitting in driveway having not been driven at all the day before it was noticed.

I was traveling on a local road at approximately 35 MPH, with only 1 other vehicle near me. I heard a crack, but did not see any rock hit the windshield. I immediately saw a spider crack form on the driver's side.

1st crack in windshield was a pebble, the 2nd was a bug that hit windshield.

I was driving on the highway at a speed of 55MPH when a small rock hit my windshield. It was not a large rock, probably closer to a pebble. My Telluride’s front Windshield cracked immediately to a length of almost 20 inches long, horizontally.

3 days after receipt of my brand new 2022 Kia telluride I noticed a crack in the top of my winshield. After inspecting there was no visible chip and it started right at the top of the glass. A month the crack took over almost my entire windshield.

Windshield is cracked and only after 3 weeks of purchasing. The crack is in the top middle of the windshield and is spreading very rapidly across the passenger side. Very disappointing considering the price of the vehical!

Crack appeared in center of windshield after being parked in my driveway overnight. The crack is approximately one inch in diameter and circular.

I have experienced 3 windshield cracks within the visual field since purchasing the vehicle new. Each time the pebbles are small and the crack is requiring complete windshield replacements

I was the first car in line stopped at a traffic light - no vehicles in front of me - and I heard a loud pop. Immediately, I noticed a curved crack in the upper center of the windshield that wrapped below the rear view mirror area. There was no impact to the glass at the time - the windshield just simply popped for seemingly no reason whatsoever.

We have had the vehicle for less than a year and the windshield has already broken twice from very small/light pebbles. The star caused by the most recent one was so small we didn't even hear it and has now spread to a 30"+ crack across windshield.

Windshield cracking on a brand new 2022 telluride. This could cause severe issues at high speeds.

My 13 year old son went to smack a bug off the windshield in the inside and it shattered.

Completely random windshield crack with unknown cause. doesn't appear to be from impact, discovered after vehicle had been sitting undisturbed in private driveway, no wear near other persons, vehicles, or poor weather.

Windshield has a long crack with nothing impacting the glass

I have owned this vehicle since July 2021. In that time I have had to have two different windshields put in due to large unexpected cracks.

Windshield cracked for no apparent reason. Vehicle is 2 months old

I've had the car for less than 6 months, and have been driving in typical situations that are not any different than how I have been driving other cars (regular driver) for over 20 years. I have 3 separate chips in the front windshield from pebbles or unknown causes. One has extended cracks.

Windshield Cracked from passenger side to driver side. There were no cars or vehicles in front of me.

Windshield hit with small pebble and Crack immediately across Windshield never have had happen so easily. Seems to be default in Windshield

I have owned this car for two months. Today, I noticed a crack in my windshield. I haven't had anything hit my windshield.

The windshield has chipped and shattered three times in the less than 6 months I have owned it. All times, I was driving at or below the speed limit. A pebble sized rock shattered the windshield and the other two times, it wasn’t even noticeably hit, it just cracked.

Purchased vehicle on 2/18/22 and within two weeks, windshield easily cracked with a small rock/pebble kick up in the snow. Several small chips (at least 100) in the windshield causing low visibility in a car that we've only had for 2 months. Several groups of telluride owners report the same problem on 2020-2022 models but Kia is not acknowledging the issue in the 2021/2022 models.

I don’t think the windshield is strong enough and it makes me scared to drive in the highways. I’ve had for less than 4 months and a small rock left a big crack after going 50mph. Already had another small chip since then.

Small rock struck windshield causing it to develop at 10-12” crack. The vehicle has less than 100 miles on it.

After Driving on highway noticed a 6” vertical crack in the middle of the windshield . Never noticed anything hitting windshield

Purchased 2022 Telluride SX on 02/14/2022. Today(2/19/2022) noticed a chip/crack on windshield in driver sight. I believe chip/crack happened for no reason.

The car is one week old and developed a crack in the windshield overnight in mild weather. The crack is over two feet long and growing.

Windshield easily cracked with a small small kick up in snow. Several small chips in the windshield for low visibility in a car with less than 1500miles on it. Several groups of telluride owners report the same problem on 2020-2022 models

Windshield already has a 'rock chip' on the driver's side. We've only had our 22 telluride for 1 week and only has 200 miles.

Had car 5 days. Heard pebble hit windshield - immediate crack - windshield is in terrible shape. No way this should happen, just cracked immediately

This 2022 Telluride EX was purchased on 7/10 and has about 1015 miles. While driving in a 35 MPH zone beside a shopping center, I heard a click and then noticed that I had a chip in the windshield directly in front of the driver side. I never saw a rock or anything hit the windshield and there were no cars in front of me or passing me at the time so I don't believe a rock hit the windshield.