The Kia Sedona/Carnival Thread [ARCHIVE]

[mikey177]

Okay, thanks diesoline and salonika. I knew that diesel engines were built to be more sturdy than their gasoline counterparts, but I had no idea of exactly how much more durable they are. Thanks for clearing that up. Looks like I've got at least another 100,000-km to go before I start to think of an overhaul again

[Trendy08]

di ba sir yung brake pads sa harap may sensor? so pag napudpud na, it might trigger the warning light indicator...

rodski, how much yung damage ng orig na pads?
yung sakin kasi parang may vibration pag medyo soft lang yung apak mo, parang hindi fit so dumudulas, causing vibrations pag slow speed and light na tapak lang.

[rodski]

Trendy08,

The front brakes have a brake thickness warning via "squeak" springs. Pag manipis na mag squeak yung pads. Its that simple. However, during mornings or after rains may kaunting squeak yung brakes dahil sa rust formation and the brakes are still warming up. If however, matagal ng umaandar yung carnival at may squeak everytime you brake, manipis na iyon.

The warning indicator in th e dash board signals two conditions. Brake fluid level and parking brake engaged. If the brake warning lights up while driving especially during a brake condition then yung fluid medyo below sa allowable level. Either may leak or manipis na yung pads.

As for the shudder when braking. Check the rotor, pads, tires, balancing, wheel bearing, bushings. Or the brake pads are not yet warmed up to function efficiently.

tnx

Rodski

[e_chen]

Altec,

The brake warning light lighting up is a sign that the level of the brake fluid is low. This happens when your brake pads and shoes are worn out. This happen to me. Don't fill up your brake fluid because when you replace your pads or shoes the brake fluid level will return to full. tnx

Rodski

OT with one year to pay for my carnival, ok bang i preterminate yung loan para ma transfer na ang ownership sa akin? Makaka mura ba ako pag ganoon?The reason is so that puwedeng ibenta t bumili ng new generation 2006 sedona.

Altec... I'm also experiencing this in my unit thou once in a while na lang unlike before changing the pads. As wheels told me, the possible cause is the same as what Rodski told us.... but.... i don't think na pads or fluid lang and cause, di ko lang alam kung ano. My brother-in-laws' unit now has this problem often and he replaced all those mentioned remedy to no avail. isip-isip pa din ko ng possible cause.....

[e_chen]

Altec,

The brake warning light lighting up is a sign that the level of the brake fluid is low. This happens when your brake pads and shoes are worn out. This happen to me. Don't fill up your brake fluid because when you replace your pads or shoes the brake fluid level will return to full. tnx

Rodski

OT with one year to pay for my carnival, ok bang i preterminate yung loan para ma transfer na ang ownership sa akin? Makaka mura ba ako pag ganoon?The reason is so that puwedeng ibenta t bumili ng new generation 2006 sedona.

Altec... I'm also experiencing this in my unit thou once in a while na lang unlike before changing the pads. As wheels told me, the possible cause is the same as what Rodski told us.... but.... i don't think na pads or fluid lang and cause, di ko lang alam kung ano. My brother-in-laws' unit now has this problem often and he replaced all those mentioned remedy to no avail. isip-isip pa din ko ng other possible cause.....

[victory]

RE : Brake warning light

Hi Guys, sa biglang decelaration nyo ba na experience and brake warning light? minsan kahit yung ABS warning nag light din ? or sometime yung airbag warning (icon na may tao) ? well this happened to me a three years ago with my Kia Carnival .

Far out ang cause .. but it is for you to verify ..

cause : autotensioner nang fan belt (dalawa lang naman ang fan belt nyan pang makina and para sa aircon. So if malapit na masira ang auto tensioner mo lumuluwag na ang belt kaya iba iba ang pwede umilaw dahil once na lumuwag ang fan belt dun lahat connected yun , air brake compressor, ABS , battery alternator , power steering . etc..

or simple change of fan belt at 750 pesos sa GoodGear taft avenue

Sana nakatulong ako sa inyo.. kasi medyo mahirap talaga madetect ang cause minsan..


even yung airbag assembly minsan hindi sa airbag ang defect , yung computer wire connection sa loob nang steering naputol kaya iilaw ang airbag . meaning not functioning ... the cost of that is around 4,500 buong assembly (not sure of the right term.. di ako technical eh)

[DacoTyan]

Hey! What happened to our thread??? It was over 65 pages and now it's back to page 35! Did the board get hit by a virus?

[e_chen]

RE : Brake warning light

Hi Guys, sa biglang decelaration nyo ba na experience and brake warning light? minsan kahit yung ABS warning nag light din ?

cause : autotensioner nang fan belt (dalawa lang naman ang fan belt nyan pang makina and para sa aircon. So if malapit na masira ang auto tensioner mo lumuluwag na ang belt kaya iba iba ang pwede umilaw dahil once na lumuwag ang fan belt dun lahat connected yun , air brake compressor, ABS , battery alternator , power steering . etc..

or simple change of fan belt at 750 pesos sa GoodGear taft avenue

Sana nakatulong ako sa inyo.. kasi medyo mahirap talaga madetect ang cause minsan..

Victory.... In my case, I've done this also ---- changing the fan belt and checking the aircon belt---- last time i encountered the warping of the fan belt pero still encountered the warning hand brake light signal once in a while... kaya for me mukhang hindi eh...

Also on the panel lights........ last week when i tried to tap an electronic volt meter via the lighter outlet, the lights at hazard's and defogger's button went out as in these buttons do not illumunate when park light is on..... thou hazard lights and defogger respond when these buttons are depressed... any experience on this? TIA

[altec]

The Sedona/Carnival manual is finished scanning and is already in a CD. The CD says its 178MB! Those who are interested, PM me how you want it. Either send via yahoo, or a cd copy? For those who want via yahoo and provides me with your email add, sabay sabay ko na lang ipadala. It comes in 2 folders, one folder for the owner's manual, and the other for the built in audio system. Each page is 1 jpeg file.

[altec]

Mikey, I checked our manual, they closest thing I saw to transmission oil is transaxle fluid. Is this the same? If so, it says to replace every 40,000km.

[victory]

Victory.... In my case, I've done this also ---- changing the fan belt and checking the aircon belt---- last time i encountered the warping of the fan belt pero still encountered the warning hand brake light signal once in a while... kaya for me mukhang hindi eh...

Also on the panel lights........ last week when i tried to tap an electronic volt meter via the lighter outlet, the lights at hazard's and defogger's button went out as in these buttons do not illumunate when park light is on..... thou hazard lights and defogger respond when these buttons are depressed... any experience on this? TIA

Changing the FAN belt will not solve the problem if the "auto tensioner" is not replaced kasi maluwag na hindi na maka higpit.. That is one of the weakpoint of an auto tensioner . hindi ka maka manual adjust .. kaya if mamisalign ang fan belt ..talagang wasak ang belt mo.. pa check mo pa rin yung auto tensioner baka malambot na ..

regarding the panel lights wala pa ako experience dyan..

[Lensio]

Hi guys,

Share ko pala sa inyo ride ko. (comments welcome...hehe)

[Lensio]

Heto pa...

[diesoline]

i am not a big fan of chrome-coated add-ons but i like your frp bumper overrider. meron bang kakambal yan?

[mikey177]

Hey! What happened to our thread??? It was over 65 pages and now it's back to page 35! Did the board get hit by a virus?

I think the admins changed the default thread view. If you go to the "User CP" link at the top of the page, and then to the "Edit Options" link at the left side of the control panel, you'll be taken to the page where you can specify the number of posts that appear on each page of a thread.

The default used to be 10 posts per page, but I also noticed that it was changed to 20 posts per page. It's a forum-wide change, so all the other long threads like the Toyota Innova and Fortuner threads also appear at first glance to have become shorter.

Mikey, I checked our manual, they closest thing I saw to transmission oil is transaxle fluid. Is this the same? If so, it says to replace every 40,000km.

Thanks for the info, altec. I'll have my transaxle fluid changed when I hit 120,000 km, and I'll also ask the casa if that is the same as the transmission oil.

Hi guys,

Share ko pala sa inyo ride ko. (comments welcome...hehe)

Hi Lensio. I take it you haven't installed the parking sensors you told us about earlier, as your rear bumper still looks intact... or did I just miss the sensors in the photo?

Also, is that a second set of fog lamps that you have on your front bumper overrider? Astig. Kung hindi lang ako nahihirapan mag-parallel park sa masikip na parking slots, gusto ko rin sana magpakabit ng bumper guard, tamang-tama yan sa mga makulit na tricycle dito sa amin

Lastly, I've never seen a Sedona with headlights that have the amber color at the bottom. Are they an extension of the signal lights? If so, do they also blink when you use your signal lights?

[leolop]

thanks to altec for scanning the manual, looking forward to it!

lensio, those are really great looking headlights. hindi rin ako partial dun sa chrome stuff, but hey, whatever turns you on. your sedona is a real head turner.

[iq0]

I'm a V6 owner. Bought it Sept 2005. I like the ride. Smooth. Tahimik ang makina. Comfortable captain's chairs. Good looking too. I got the m/t version. Downside, malakas sa gas. I can get only up to 6km/L mixed city/higway driving, light traffic. Minsan less pa. Then I had a problem with the engine. Napansin ko ang lakas umubos ng coolant. Dinala ko sa casa, kelangan daw palitan ng overhauling gaskets. So ibinaba ang makina. Parang overhaul na raw ang ginawa. Di pa rin nawala ang problema. Nag-demand ako na palitan ang makina. Pinalitan ang engine block and everything inside. Itinira ang cylinder head. Yun, mukhang naayos na. Nakakwentuhan ko yung isang mekaniko mukhang me mga v6 daw na me problemang ganun. Di lang daw ang unit ko ang me ganun na problema. Buti daw ako marunong tumingin. Kasi yung nakita daw nilang isa, paubos na ang coolant, di pa nagrereklamo. The good thing about this is Kia acknowledges this as a problem at di naman ako nahirapan nung humingi ako ng change of engine.

So far yun ang experience ko sa sedona v6. Cheers!

[mikey177]

iq0, perhaps you could also share some of your feedback with armanski over at the Sedona vs Everest thread, as he is considering buying a V6 Sedona too. Thanks.

[altec]

I refilled the brake fluid level to the max and so far so good, di na umiilaw at umiingay ang foot brake warning light. Never knew that you have to keep the brake fluid level to the max. I thought that only applies to the power steering fluid, that if it goes even near the half level, iingay na ang power steering pump.

Tomorrow, will try to send to those who gave me their yahoo address. Although I may have to send it in batches, di yata pwede one time ko ipadala ang 178MB. Or i zip ko? Anyone else wants me to email them the manual? Si ericmm previously said he wants pero di pa niya binigay ang email add niya.

[benchph1]

i have also experienced the parking brake warning light coming onwhile driving. its a sign of the brake pads/brake system needs attention. you can temporarily remedy this by topping off your brake fluid, but i suggest you have your brakes checked.