The Kia Sedona/Carnival Thread [ARCHIVE]

[OTEP]

Back read mo lang tong thread, madaming beses ko na din nabasa yung sa mga door problems and how to correct. hehehe.

[mikey177]

...Does anyone know where the sensor for the tailgate is located?...

I looked for it but I couldn't find it. Why, does the door ajar light remain on even after you have closed the tailgate? Ganyan din sa akin minsan, kailangan medyo malakas ang pagsara sa tailgate ng Sedona ko.

P.S.

Could the sensors be the two black rectangular spring-loaded thingies on either side of the tailgate? I tried depressing them to check but I couldn't get them to budge.

[alwayz_yummy]

slight OT:

yung sa delica ko noon, ung switch ay nasa lock mismo. pag binuksan mo yung panel, makakakita ka ng wire leading to the lock itself(ung sumasalo)

kaya may time na pag di maganda sara mo, iilaw ung tailgate...

sa liteace ko kasi may switch na nakausli..

sorry, pero suggest ko lang baka nga nandun ung hinahanap nyo.

[diesoline]

ei guys...

my engine gave out on me while i was traversing one of the steeper uphill turns in marcos highway last sunday. it was good that i was in an inhabited area near a viewdeck. the was a wide shoulder where i conveniently coasted to park about 30 meters where the engine stopped.

my initial thought was that i was had an injection problem ala toyota D4D (my carnival has a CRDI engine). i restarted the engine twice. it would crank readily but it wouldn't run. fearing the worst, i phoned for a cab to bring a mechanic and to pick us up.

looking around the engine bay while waiting for the taxi, i noticed a loose cover at the area where the a/c and alternator belt is. having no idea what it is, i just left it where it is and informed the mechanic when he arrived.

suspecting a timing belt failure, he took a peek inside the timing belt cover and confirmed it.

i had a the timing belt replacement done by cruven early this year and it had logged 20k km since then. it was too early to have a failure unless i got a defective belt, i thought. i had the car towed to amianan motors in rosario, la union the next day. the service manager told me that a general overhaul is necessary after a timing belt failure due to a possibility of bent valves or at worst, a damaged cylinder head.

the service manager phoned me yesterday morning with a bit of good news. there is no need for a general overhaul after all as the valves are intact. the timing belt didn't fail, it was one of the automatic tensioners that did. it was then that i remembered that since there was no kia tensioner available during the timing belt service, i opted for a replacement part as i was in a hurry.

lesson: ORIGINAL PARTS ONLY PLEASE.

[DacoTyan]

I looked for it but I couldn't find it. Why, does the door ajar light remain on even after you have closed the tailgate? Ganyan din sa akin minsan, kailangan medyo malakas ang pagsara sa tailgate ng Sedona ko.

P.S.

Could the sensors be the two black rectangular spring-loaded thingies on either side of the tailgate? I tried depressing them to check but I couldn't get them to budge.

Yep, tried that too. My problem is the opposite, when the tailgate's opened the indicator doesn't light up.



Otep: I've been a regular on this thread since, oh...., page 5 and I didn't remember a discussion about doors so I didn't bother to search. I'll try it see if anything comes up.

[mikey177]

Glad you're okay diesoline, and that you only need minor repairs on your Sedona.

OT: Nagbebenta pa ba ng mga Kia vehicles ang Amianan sa La Union? Parang puro Hyundai na lang nakikita ko pag dumadaan kami dun.

OT again: Naaaliw lang ako sa mga passenger bus na assembled ng Amianan, yung headlight ay yung para sa 2006 Starex

[mikey177]

DacoTyan,

I think Otep was addressing the question of dmlmusso regarding his broken door handle, and not your query on the tailgate sensor. Guess ko lang po

[e_chen]

I looked for it but I couldn't find it. Why, does the door ajar light remain on even after you have closed the tailgate? Ganyan din sa akin minsan, kailangan medyo malakas ang pagsara sa tailgate ng Sedona ko.

P.S.

Could the sensors be the two black rectangular spring-loaded thingies on either side of the tailgate? I tried depressing them to check but I couldn't get them to budge.

No... that is not the sensor.... had this problem few years ago and it cost me around P300 at Wheels to have this fixed... i think it is more located inside the sidings of the door and the connections seem to be loose... suggest you open that sidings if you have time and patience then locate the sensor inside.... good luck!

[e_chen]

ei guys...

my engine gave out on me while i was traversing one of the steeper uphill turns in marcos highway last sunday. it was good that i was in an inhabited area near a viewdeck. the was a wide shoulder where i conveniently coasted to park about 30 meters where the engine stopped.

lesson: ORIGINAL PARTS ONLY PLEASE.

....went to Baguio also last Friday AM but pass thru Kenon Rd and back to Manila last Monday.... my problem was more on my power steering na naging matigas (probably due to Shell ATF fluid accidentally poured by my brother)... anyway i have it drained before pouring new ATF with Dexron III rating bought in Banawe..... the problem worsen last Monday since the car charge do not reach 12volts (i have a digital voltmeter attached) while going down at Kenon.... I had the entire travel without aircon and even NO headlight up to Manila (thanks to my ever-reliable foglight)..... my volt meter reading is only 10.2 all the way to Las Pinas!!!! Just to conserve on the charge, I had to remove 2 park bulbs and regularly turning the park lights off everytime I stopped for traffic.... Now, the car is park with a dead battery and i don't know where to start assessing.... planning to bring the car to Wheels if the engine will allow me to move, otherwise, i'll have it towed to Wheels..... any inputs or similar experience.... TIA

[leolop]

e_chen, same thing happened to me on another car. drained battery while running sounds to me like a busted alternator. if the the car's generator isn't running then it will suck up the battery till it's dry.

if it's the alternator, casas normally won't fix them so it might be good to ask around for a decent auto electrical shop. anyway, the others might have other ideas. the steering problem sounds unrelated.

diesoline, sorry to hear you had a problem. looking back, was it more non-orig part failure and nothing to do with cruven's installation?

my tailgate is also tough to close, i try to compensate by having a door or a window open when it's being closed.