The Kia Sedona/Carnival Thread [ARCHIVE]

[altec]

Glass installed on cars are quite durable. It has nothing to do with our ride being korean. Take note our ride can do 150kph easy. And nothing happens to it. Have seen a hilux, a hiace, both toyotas, a honda civic, fuso fighter truck, isuzu 10W, all having cracked front windshields. Some were not identified as the cause, those identified was due to an object striking the glass.

Considering that the alarm sounded while your car was parked, most probably your glass was hit, either deliberately or by accident. So many times our company was approached by owners of either establishments or cars, claiming that a stone/pebble was struck by our service vehicle's tire, tumalsik daw yung bato, at sapol yung glass nila, basag. This is another possibility with your glass. Imagine an idle stone, suddenly sideswiped by the tire of a fast moving vehicle. For a stone to fly up in the air caused by a moving tire would require such a force that can easily break glass.

To make glass requires very high heat. Our summer's heat wave is chicken feed compared to the heat required to mold glass.

[altec]

on another note, for those with the gen2 versions, how do you adjust the headlight up and down? I found the screw to move the headlight left and right, but not up and down. Gen2 uses 4 H7 bulbs, low beam is separate to high beam, unlike Gen1 using 2 H4 bulbs. I want to bring high beam up higher, nakukulangan ako sa position niya. The shop were I bought the aftermarket h7 bulbs also doesnt know how to adjust the sedona's headlight. Casa also said wala daw adjustment. First time I heard na wala in a car.

[bisoy]

eto ang description ng ABS sa Kia Manual

after reading that section, mas nagtataka ako sa brakes ko coz 1) i dont here any tik-tik-tik sound and 2) i dont feel anything sa pedal. walang sumisipa or anything. the van just vibrates when i step on the brakes. to clarify, van vibrates when it is going downhill and above 70kph and when i step on the brakes. anyone?

[bisoy]

our van is usually parked under the heat of the sun for at least 4 hours a day. so far, wala pang nag crack na glass sa van namin.

[leolop]

just bought kia air filter element from fronte for P500. swerte lang talaga nakakuha ng paradahan.

[mikey177]

Ay naku, swertihan talaga pagpark sa Banawe. Last time nga na nandun ako, sa PCSO ako pumarada tapos tumawid na lang ako ng street

[diesoline]

mintoy, try to have the thermosensor located at the lower part of the radiator cap housing checked.

the sensor has three prongs that sends signals to the following:
1. radiator fan
2. temperature gauge
3. computer module for the A/T

if the sensor is not working anymore, the A/T computer module will interpret the absence of a reading that the engine is still cold -- consequently, it will prevent the transmission from going into overdrive.

btw, that part cost me P500.-- at goodgear. HTH and hope that this post did not arrive too late.

posted this minutes ago at mintoy's thread re his sedona not going into overdrive.

reposting this here for the benefit of this thread's regulars.

[mikey177]

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

[Mike G]

OT: what kind/brand of coolant do you use for Sedona LS? and how do you use it?...do you drain the radiator and just mix the coolant with the water?...Sorry, it would be my first time to change my coolant

[jabr]

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.

[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?