The Kia Sedona/Carnival Thread [ARCHIVE]

[diesoline]

hello jordan.

i don't know about the others but 45k km for a four year old car is a bit too low (unless it was just utilized as a second car/out-of-town car). sometimes, i log that much mileage in a year's time.

480K? lucky!

the kalampag could be the stabilizer link. P150.-- service charge at toti cruz's zee's carplus.

re the brakes, your friend may be right. the hydrovac booster must have been compromised. i have experienced that twice before in my opel manta (my dearly beloved first car). the assembly was expensive during those times. pero opel part yun ha, hindi kia.

jordan, i was a western pangasinan boy myself for several years; bolinao, to be exact.

[jordan]

* diesoline
Probably used it as a second car, sana.

480K? lucky!

I did the right thing then by making a deposit.

Where is toti cruz's zee's carplus?

Do you have an estimate of how much the hydrovac booster is at Kia?

Once I have the unit, we might come across the NLEX during holidays.

Thanks!

[diesoline]

jordan, here is the link to the zee's carplus thread in this forum, the directions to toti cruz's shop and contact numbers are all in the first post: click

for spare part inquiries, just call fronte in banaue: 7120864 and 7120919

[mikey177]

I got back from Quezon City late last night after having my Sedona checked up at Wheels E.Rod for the previously mentioned whistling sound.

Their findings were that the turbocharger assembly was already damaged, hence the whistling sound when the vehicle accelerates. When the service adviser gave me a quote for the replacement part, I nearly fell off my seat: P40,000

I said I would just bring the van back when it reaches 120,000-km (it is currently at 106,000-km) in about two months, so that if I need to have the oil chain replaced also, it will just be one inconvenience when they open up the engine.

The weird thing is, on my entire drive home to Pangasinan, the whistling sound was nowhere to be heard. Even when I took the van out again this morning, there was no trace of the sound. Para akong na-Twilight Zone, o siguro pinagdasal ni misis na maayos yung sasakyan na hindi malaki ang gastos namin kasi nagpapagawa kami ng bahay ngayon

[DacoTyan]

mikey177, what part of the turbo was damaged? The housing? Bearing?

altec, downloaded the missing bits of the Kia Manual. Thanks mucho! You Da Man!

[mikey177]

sorry, double post ...

[mikey177]

DacoTyan,

Honestly, the service advisor didn't elaborate on which part was damaged, and I failed to ask him about it too. Pasensya na po. Sobra siguro akong natulala sa presyo ng replacement part at di ko na naisipan itanong yung details.

Anyway, I reiterated to our family driver this morning that he should observe the proper engine warm-up and cooldown procedures to maintain the good condition of the turbocharger.

[jordan]

jordan, here is the link to the zee's carplus thread in this forum, the directions to toti cruz's shop and contact numbers are all in the first post: click

for spare part inquiries, just call fronte in banaue: 7120864 and 7120919

Thanks again!!!

[leolop]

mikey1177, might be a good idea to get a second opinion from another Kia casa. Kia Quezon Ave is just a stone's throw away from wheels e. rod. maybe next time you're in town.

jordan, congrats on your upcoming ride! your purchase will be rewarded by the family's thankfullness for a great and safe ride. almost 3 months na sa amin yung sasakyan, naririnig ko pa rin yung "this is the best van in the world". payag ang mga casa na bumili ka ng parts sa outside tapos sa kanila ang labor. ok naman parts sa fronte.

diesoline, ako rin papagawa ko sa zee yung corolla ko pag magka oras.

[DacoTyan]

Folks I hope you can help me on this one.

I had my 2001 Carnival Park II in for wheel alignment and to center the steering wheel. They said the alighnment was fine but they couldn't center the steering wheel after 3 tries.

They'd center the steering wheel, test drive it but as soon as the steering wheel is turned and locked to one side it goes out of center. The steering wheel would cant in favor of the side where it was turned and locked. Turn and locked the other way and the steering wheel will cant the other way.

Has my steering wheel developed bipolar disorder? Or is it the rack & pinion assembly (please, not that...)?

So folks... HELP! 8^)

Thanks.