The Kia Sedona/Carnival Thread [ARCHIVE]

[hinlog]

Hi there,

While changing oil in one of the gas stations, the mechanic informed me that my ride's axle oil seal has leak, just curious what is this for?

OT:

1. When do you use Overdrive? Hold?
2. Is it okay to shift from D to D2 or L even when vehicle is moving? Others told me that I should stop first to avoid transmission related problem in the future.

Again, thanks in advance.

[diesoline]

OT: Hey diesoline, nice meeting up with you in Baguio. Thanks for the coffee and the company

mikey, next time beer cake will be on the table, not rhum cake.

Hi there,
1. When do you use Overdrive? Hold?
2. Is it okay to shift from D to D2 or L even when vehicle is moving? Others told me that I should stop first to avoid transmission related problem in the future.

Again, thanks in advance.

1. overdrive - my carnival has no overdrive button. on transmissions with overdrive i just leave it on all the time except when i am ascending/descending hilly roads.

hold - normally i don't turn it on unless: a) i am ascending/descending hilly roads (at times, i use this function in combination with D2) b)when i want the transmission to shift up when i think that the revs are too high

2. it is perfectly ok to shift from D to D2 to L even if the vehicle is moving. i have done it when driving conditions (on steep downhill and uphill grades) warrant it.

[Mike G]

Mike G:

The recommended coolant for the Carnival/Sedona cars are ethyline glycol based coolants to protect the aluminum parts of the engine. The manual states that coolant/anti freeze should not exceed 60%. So 50% -50% ethyline glycol and demineralized/distilled water is sufficient.

Thanks for the reply bro

[mikey177]

Carnival owners in Pangasinan have something good to look forward to: the Laus Automotive Group (which also owns Hyundai Dagupan, where I have my Starex serviced) is going to make their Dagupan showroom into a full-service dealership.

If you guys recall, dozens of pages earlier, I complained about the poor service of Kia Dagupan when it was still under another company. These are the guys who left a wrench in my engine bay after a PMS and who don't provide recommendations for possible service items whenever I bring my ride in for servicing. Tuloy, minsan, kahit katatapos pa lang ng PMS ko, kailangan ko ipaayos uli yung sasakyan dahil may masisira o magloloko.

Anyway, the new sales rep told me their service center will be operational sometime next month. Their technical staff has already finished training and their contractor is starting work on renovating the current service facility. Plus, inaakit akong kumuha ng CRDI na Carens na lalabas daw next month din.

Sabi ko naman, happy pa ako sa Carnival ko dahil limang taon na kaming nagsama nyan. Actually, I just went there yesterday to get a quotation for my 160,000-km PMS

[eggman]

By the way dalawang version ng bagong Kia Carnival ang darating.Isang SWB version na priced at 1.2M at LWB at 1.5M...Both of them are 2.9 CRDI ang engines... Available na yata to...

[mikey177]

Next month pa daw darating ang bagong Carnival sa Pangasinan showroom ng Kia... waah.

If any of you guys from Metro Manila have a chance to inspect one in the showroom, kindly post some photos of it and give your first impressions. Thanks.

[krs606]

If I'm not mistaken, 1.5M yung high end variant, power side & rear doors (ala Previa). Hindi leather (beige interior), walang steering wheel controls, hindi floor mounted ang gear stick, Clarion head unit (looks expensive), malinis ang center console, weird ang rims (parang pang L300, tapos pinatungan ng magandang cover) at mukhang mas malaki at malapad. IMHO, medyo sablay yung front.

[Josiel]

1.Last week nawala yung lamig ng aircon ko. Nung pinatignan sa aircon shop wala nang freon. Pero d muna nila nilagyan nagleak check muna to make sure walang singaw. Pero nakita ang lakas ng singaw sa location ng compressor. Kaya ayun nakita na bumugay na ang compressor ko. Di ko alam kung ano ang nagcause bakit bumigay kasi erpat ko ang laging may gamit. Kaya napabili ako ng bagong compressor 14,500 pesos...(aray..) tama lang ba ang presyo ng compressor?
Ngayon malakas na ulit lumamig.
2.Isa pang naging problema during may stay sa Pinas ay ang pagtaas ng temperature lagpas sa operating temp. Nung idinaan ko sa gas station umaapaw yung water reservoir napadami daw ako ng lagay ng tubig dapat daw kalahati lang ang lagay. Sabi sa akin nung sa aircon shop mas maganda daw na distilled water lang ang ilagay walang coolant ok ba eto?
3. Nasa 68K na ang takbo ng ride ko saan ba magandang magpaPMS yung malapit lang sa Daang Hari/Alabang?

[ryan]

Just saw the new Carnival at Shangrila EDSA mall and ok naman sya.

Its as big as a Town & Country, seats 8, has the powerful 2.9L Diesel engine, 3rd row folds flat but 2nd row aren't sliding, interior plastics though are still cheap looking like your typical budget car.

But overall a very nice deal cuz it costs only around 1.275M for the base variant and 1.550M for the high end variant (but still with cheap looking interiors) with power doors.

Looks so much better than the current Starex but can't say once the new model is launched next year.

[mikey177]

2.Isa pang naging problema during may stay sa Pinas ay ang pagtaas ng temperature lagpas sa operating temp. Nung idinaan ko sa gas station umaapaw yung water reservoir napadami daw ako ng lagay ng tubig dapat daw kalahati lang ang lagay. Sabi sa akin nung sa aircon shop mas maganda daw na distilled water lang ang ilagay walang coolant ok ba eto?

The service advisors and third party mechanics I've spoken with all recommend coolant plus distilled water, as it significantly raises the point at which the radiator boils over.

The technicians also recommend not opening the radiator cap to fill the radiator, but rather topping it off via the reservoir at the side of the engine bay. I fill mine to almost full (cold engine pa) whenever I notice the level getting low, which actually does not happen often.

You mean, the operating temp on your Carnival goes past the halfway mark on the temp gauge?