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#21 of 161 Kia Sedona rust on tailgate by rie

Sep 08, 2006 (12:38 pm)

I have a 2005 Kia Sedona EX van that overall I have been very pleased with. My problem, 10 days ago, while at a stop sign, we were hit from behind and now the tailgate has to be replaced. We were to get a new one from dealer thru our body shop, but it is backordered for a month-ins. co. not wanting to pay for our rental that long-found a used OK shape 2004 tailgate at a salvage yard and had it sent to body shop. Have there been any problems with rust on this year Sedonas? What does this do to my warranty with Kia? IE-warranty on wiper, rear defrost, also? It has to be painted to match my van's color.

#22 of 161 Re: Kia Sedona rust on tailgate [rie] by joanc

Sep 08, 2006 (2:01 pm)

Replying to: rie (Sep 08, 2006 12:38 pm)
Hello..
...Glad you guys are o.k. and that nobody was hurt, I'm presuming. Just out of curiousity (and I know this is kind of off-topic), how did your van do in your accident? Did it protect you pretty well..holding up as you thought it should? Just curious as we sometimes have our kids in the 3rd row seats! Thanks..

#23 of 161 Re: 2006 Sedona Fuel Pump Noise [betht27] by betht27

Sep 11, 2006 (12:51 pm)

Replying to: betht27 (Sep 03, 2006 1:04 pm)
Update...
 
My last tank I got 17.4 MPG rural driving. Havent had it really in town or on the highway that tank. So it is getting a little better but that may be to raising the tire pressure to 37psig per tire.

#24 of 161 Re: Kia Sedona rust on tailgate [joanc] by rie

Sep 13, 2006 (12:25 pm)

Replying to: joanc (Sep 08, 2006 2:01 pm)
Thank you for your concern. My daughter was in the 2nd row directly behind me, my husband in the passenger's seat, I was the driver and we all got some neck, shoulder, rib, and back pain and 'soft tissue' bruising-me the most. But nothing life threatening-noone was in the 3rd row, but the van was not damaged up to the seat area-damage to liftgate below the glass and all bumper parts have to be replaced and damage to rear floorboard where we put groceries that they couldn't see 'til removed liftgate & bumper. It's still at our body shop-my husband talked to them and they did manage to find a new '05 liftgate out of town, so they're painting that now. I seldom have my kids in the 3rd row. We were stopped at a stop sign when hit by a 4 door(dual cab)pickup. I gather we were his brakes. I really like my van, and think it did a great job of protecting my precious cargo (my family). It could always be so much worse! It was good that we were sitting up so high, too; I think there would have been so much more damage if we had been in a car. Sorry I couldn't help more on the 3rd row info-no damage to it, but don't know if the neck-back, etc. stuff would have been better or worse for a passenger there.

#25 of 161 Re: Kia Sedona rust on tailgate [rie] by joanc

Sep 13, 2006 (1:53 pm)

Replying to: rie (Sep 13, 2006 12:25 pm)
Thanks for the info and glad you guys are ok! We love our van, too, and it sounds like yours did a good job of protecting you. Hopefully you'll never have it put to the test again..

#26 of 161 Kia Carnival 2.9ltr Diesel (Sedona) by dpugh

Sep 17, 2006 (10:34 am)

Purchased the van three weeks ago and have 3300kms and are averaging 38.4mpg.. that is the combined urban/highway driving. As the diesel engine settles down this should improve. Very happy so far!!!

#27 of 161 Gas mileage on 2006 getting better with break-in by betht27

Sep 20, 2006 (1:36 pm)

Now up to about 18 MPG, rural driving. Have about 2400 miles on the van, going to give it another 1000 or so then get first oil change. Some minor problems with the vibration on the tires and a noise in the driver side door. Now that the mileage is getting better, we are quite pleased with the van.

#29 of 161 Re: Kia Carnival 2.9ltr Diesel (Sedona) [dpugh] by jim314

Sep 22, 2006 (7:39 am)

Replying to: dpugh (Sep 17, 2006 10:34 am)
Purchased the van three weeks ago and have 3300kms and are averaging 38.4mpg.. that is the combined urban/highway driving. As the diesel engine settles down this should improve. Very happy so far!!!
 
Great fuel economy!
 
Is this miles per Imperial gallon (used in Canada, UK and I suppose other British commonwealth countries)? 1 galUK = 1 galC = 1.201 galUS or 1.2 for most purposes. If so, the US equivalent is 38.4/1.2 = 32.0 mpgUS, which is great!
 
Personally I prefer the European system of giving litres of fuel required to go 100 km or L/100 km. There are two reasons to prefer the European system:
 
(1) It uses the metric system so you don't have to worry about which gallon is being referred to.
 
(2) Expressing this as fuel use divided by distance (instead of distance divided by fuel use) tells people more directly what they want to know.
 
But the conversion is easy. Divide the mpgUK value into 282 to get L/100km. And do exactly the same thing to do the conversion the other way--divide the L/100km value into 282 to get the mpgUK.
 
For converting between mpgUS and L/100km in either direction divide the one you have into 235 to get the other.
 
So if your van is getting 38.4 mpgUK this is 282/38.4 = 7.34 L/100 km.
 
And if your van is getting 32.0 mpgUS, then it is getting 235/32.0 = 7.34 L/100 km.
 
For comparison, my 1989 Dodge Caravan 2.5L 5-spd manual often got 29 mpgUS on the highway. This is 235/29 = 8.1 L/100km.

#30 of 161 Re: Kia Carnival 2.9ltr Diesel (Sedona) [jim314] by dpugh

Sep 22, 2006 (9:00 am)

Replying to: jim314 (Sep 22, 2006 7:39 am)
hi jim, the figure of 38+mpg is the US mpg as opposed to the British Imperial Gallon system. I am currently stationed in Germany hence the use of kilometers and not miles. I purchased the European Carnival (Sedona)as I really wanted the Diesel engine I have to come clean and admit that i did the conversion on line at:
 
http://www.teaching-english-in-japan.net/conversion/litres_per_100k
 
I am gonna bring the car back to michigan at the end of my tour. Its gonna be interesting to see how much longer the diesel engine lasts in comparison to the gas van. Be glad to send you photos if you want them??

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