HONDA ODYSSEY vs KIA TELLURIDE

The HONDA ODYSSEY (1990–2026, 34 model years) carries 15,581 NHTSA consumer complaints and 171 safety recalls, while the KIA TELLURIDE (2020–2025, 6 model years) carries 2,103 complaints and 28 recalls. Severity indicators for the pair split as follows: 622 vs 58 crashes, 186 vs 25 fires, and 22 vs 1 reported fatalities.

Raw complaint counts favor whichever nameplate has fewer vehicles on the road, so the cleaner lens is components: which specific part families concentrate each model's filings? For the HONDA ODYSSEY, the leading complaint category is power train:automatic transmission (1484 filings), followed by power train and electrical system. For the KIA TELLURIDE, it is unknown or other (377), ahead of visibility/wiper and engine. When the two vehicles cluster around the same component, the problem is likely a shared supplier or a shared federal standard under stress; when they diverge, each nameplate has its own defect signature independent of the other.

NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program gives the HONDA ODYSSEY an average 5/5 crash-test rating versus 5/5 for the KIA TELLURIDE, aggregated across all model years with published scores. Use the side-by-side table below as your scorecard, but do not treat it as a verdict. Recall counts tell you how many defects the manufacturer has already been compelled to remedy; complaint counts tell you what owners are still flagging today; and safety ratings tell you how the vehicle performs in standardized barrier tests — three different lenses on the same underlying question. The "also compare" links at the bottom of this page let you triangulate against neighboring nameplates in each model's competitive set.