McCune Law Group Files Class Action Against Kia Over Blank Dashboard Screens in 2023–2025 Telluride Vehicles

McCune Law Group has filed a class action lawsuit against Kia America, Inc. on behalf of owners and lessees of 2023–2025 Kia Telluride vehicles whose digital instrument clusters have failed, leaving drivers without access to speed, fuel, safety alerts, and gear position while on the road. Attorney Scott Baez discusses what affected owners need to know in the video below, followed by the firm’s full press release.

Originally distributed via PR Newswire, June 9, 2026

ONTARIO, Calif., June 9, 2026 — McCune Law Group has filed a class action lawsuit against Kia America, Inc. and Kia Corporation in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, alleging that 2023–2025 Kia Telluride vehicles are equipped with a defective digital instrument cluster that can go completely blank while driving, depriving drivers of critical safety information including speed, gear position, fuel level, and collision warnings.

Video Transcript

“We represent owners of the 2023, 2024, and 2025 Kia Telluride. And what they’re dealing with is straightforward. The digital instrument cluster goes completely blank. While they’re driving — no speedometer, no fuel gauge, no warning lights — the screen goes dark.

The screen isn’t one feature among many. It’s how the vehicle communicates safety-critical information to the driver. Kia built it that way. Fully digital, nothing behind it — no analog gauges, no backup display. So when it goes blank, everything goes out at once. Speed, fuel, oil pressure, collision warnings, all of it.

When the cluster is blank, you genuinely have no idea how fast you’re going. Owners have reported driving at highway speeds with no knowledge of their actual speed, relying entirely on surrounding traffic to gauge whether they were driving safely. We’ve seen reports where the forward collision avoidance failed along with the instrument cluster, resulting in a crash.

This is not an isolated problem. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration complaint database documents dozens of these failures across three model years of one of the best-selling SUVs in America. There’s no recall for the affected vehicles, and there’s no durable repair. Owners have brought these cars in for service repeatedly and have been sent home with a hard reset or told to disconnect the battery. That’s not a fix.

I’m Scott Baez at McCune Law Group. We filed suit against Kia on May 22nd. If you own one of these vehicles and the instrument cluster has gone blank, we’d like to talk. There’s no cost to reach out, and no fee unless we win.”

What the Complaint Alleges

The 2023–2025 Kia Telluride is equipped with a 12.3-inch panoramic digital instrument cluster, a fully digital LCD display with no analog or mechanical backup. It is the sole means by which drivers access real-time safety-critical information, including vehicle speed, fuel level, gear position, tire pressure monitoring, and 35 separate warning indicators tied to the vehicle’s advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).

According to the complaint, this display goes completely blank at startup or while actively driving, including at highway speeds. When it fails, safety features Kia documented, marketed, and warranted as protecting drivers simultaneously lose the ability to deliver alerts. The failure has been reported as early as the first day of ownership, with some drivers experiencing it within 250 miles of purchase.

The complaint further alleges that at least one driver crashed after the instrument cluster went blank and the vehicle’s Forward Collision Avoidance system failed to activate. The alleged failure also renders the class vehicles noncompliant with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards Nos. 101 and 138.

Despite receiving dozens of complaints through the NHTSA database spanning three model years, Kia has issued no recall for 2023–2025 Telluride vehicles, provided no durable repair, and has directed owners to cover out-of-pocket costs for an issue Kia was allegedly aware of prior to sale.

A Pattern Kia Allegedly Ignored

The complaint alleges Kia had material knowledge of the instrument cluster issue through consumer complaints, dealership repair records, NHTSA filings, warranty claims, and its own pre-sale durability testing, yet concealed it from buyers and lessees. Owners who brought their vehicles in for service were often told no recall existed, given temporary resets that failed to address the underlying cause, or informed that replacement parts were on backorder for months.

“This is not an isolated problem,” said attorney Scott Baez of McCune Law Group, as quoted by Law360 following the filing. “The NHTSA complaint database documents dozens of these failures across three model years of one of the best-selling SUVs in America. Kia has neither issued a recall for the affected vehicles nor provided owners with a durable repair. We look forward to addressing this serious safety concern on behalf of 2023–2025 Telluride owners.”

Affected drivers deserve answers and legal recourse. McCune Law Group is actively seeking to represent current and former owners and lessees of 2023–2025 Kia Telluride vehicles who have experienced instrument cluster failures and encourages those who have not yet experienced the issue to reach out as well.

Who May Have a Claim

McCune Law Group is investigating cases involving current and former owners and lessees of 2023–2025 Kia Telluride vehicles who have experienced a blank or malfunctioning digital instrument cluster. Affected drivers may be entitled to compensation with no upfront cost, as the firm works on a contingency basis.

Contact McCune Law Group at (866) 637-1567 or complete our online form for a free, confidential case evaluation.

Attorney Advertising. McCune Law Group, APC is responsible for this content. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Principal office: Ontario, California. Counsel Scott B. Baez is licensed to practice in California and Nevada.