Kia Telluride vs Dodge Durango SRT: which is more reliable?
The Dodge Durango SRT is ahead of the Kia Telluride on the federal record, 80/100 against 76/100 — a real but narrow gap that a bad model year on either side closes.
The record, side by side
Kia Telluride
- 5 model years scored
- 1,624 owner complaints on record
- about 95 complaints per year on the road
- 26 recall campaigns, 5 safety-critical
- best year 2021 (82/100) · worst 2020 (66/100)
Dodge Durango SRT
- 5 model years scored
- 536 owner complaints on record
- about 17 complaints per year on the road
- 0 recall campaigns, 0 safety-critical
- best year 2020 (96/100) · worst 2021 (51/100)
Mean score is the average across model years from 2013 on, where both records are comparable. How the score works.
Year by year: Telluride against Durango SRT
The comparison that decides the purchase. A nameplate is not one car — a redesign can move the record sixty points inside two years, and the two nameplates rarely move together.
What owners actually complain about
Kia Telluride
- Unknown Or Other — 376 complaints
- Engine — 273 complaints
- Visibility/Wiper — 270 complaints
Dodge Durango SRT
- Exterior Lighting — 181 complaints
- Electrical System — 150 complaints
- Unknown Or Other — 68 complaints
They do not fail the same way: the Telluride's complaints concentrate in Unknown Or Other, the Durango SRT's in Exterior Lighting. That difference matters more to a buyer than the score gap, because it says which repair bill you are taking on.
Years to avoid on each
Kia Telluride: no model year scores below 45; the strongest are 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025.
Dodge Durango SRT: no model year scores below 45; the strongest are 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023.
A year scores below 45 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns. Every car’s years to avoid.
What each costs today
A recent used Kia Telluride prices at about $63,100 and a Dodge Durango SRT at about $53,500 — the Dodge Durango SRT is roughly $9,600 less, and they return 20.0 against 13.0 MPG combined.
Class-level estimates re-priced to your country, not a valuation of one car. Method.
FAQ
Is the Kia Telluride or the Dodge Durango SRT more reliable?
On the NHTSA record the Dodge Durango SRT scores 80/100 against the Kia Telluride's 76/100, averaged across every model year we hold. The gap is small enough that the model year matters more than the badge.
Which Kia Telluride and Dodge Durango SRT years should I avoid?
Kia Telluride: no year scores below 45. Dodge Durango SRT: no year scores below 45. Each of those scores under 45 out of 100 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns.
What goes wrong on the Kia Telluride and the Dodge Durango SRT?
The largest complaint group on the Kia Telluride is Unknown Or Other (376 complaints); on the Dodge Durango SRT it is Exterior Lighting (181).
Is the Kia Telluride or the Dodge Durango SRT cheaper to own?
A recent used Kia Telluride prices at about $63,100 and a Dodge Durango SRT at about $53,500, before insurance and the maintenance band. Both pages carry the five-year running-cost figure.