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| Had a nice warm day here in Wisconsin this week, and went to fire up my air conditioning. Nothing but hot air. It was going in to my neighboorhood mechanic (63,000 miles, out of warranty) to get my belts changed anyway, so I had him take a look. There was Zero freon or r12 in the system and upon pressure testing the system, it was found that the 3 lines that run underneath the car to the rear air system, had rusted through where the where bracketed to the frame. I have not had time to look at it yet as it has been raining, but what are those lines made out of?? I thought those where stainless or aluminum and should'nt rust. Anybody else have trouble with this. My Mechanic wanted $950 to replace and recharge. Suggestions?? I have not yet talked to Kia until I check out further. Will keep advised. ANDY | |
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Replying to: dode (Apr 25, 2007 2:07 pm) #1147 of 1373 Re: Coolant Leak from Rear Heater Lines [spectraman] by times2 Feb 08, 2006 (7:59 am) Replying to: spectraman (Feb 07, 2006 10:56 pm) The dealer said that because the lines were rusted through from New York State salt, it wasn't covered. I asked about the 5 year rust through warranty, and he said that was only on the body. (By the way, if the body doesn't rust all the way through - it's not covered - I have the rear liftback rust under the chrome that they won't fix). He said the Kia Rep confirmed that it wasn't covered. I haven't fought it too much yet because I needed the van back. Yesterday, I got the van back. I paid for the repair plus a cooling system flush. Now - I have no rear heat. The fan blows cold air. I called them this morning and have another appointment on Monday (02/13/06). I bought the van as the second owner with 26,000 miles on it. I had the dealer who sold it to me (who was not a Kia Dealer) flush the coolant system when I bought it, but Kia is not denying it because it wasn't flushed by them, they're denying because of our use of salt during the winter. Replies to this message: • times2 (Feb 08, 2006 12:28 pm) • user777 (Feb 08, 2006 12:43 pm) • times2 (Feb 08, 2006 1:17 pm)
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Took vehicle to my area dealership and explained problem. They talked to Kia rep and they offered to go half on the repair of changing the a/c lines AND the coolent lines for $800. ($400 my half cost) Not a bad deal compared to local mechanic who wanted 950 just for the a/c. Sounds like they know they have a problem and will meet you half way. Now if I can just keep people I know from dying and having to go to funerals and post poning my appointments, I can finally get it done.
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Replying to: dode (May 10, 2007 4:42 pm) Kia Tech Info |
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Replying to: times2 (Apr 26, 2007 4:17 am)
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Replying to: minivanfrank (May 15, 2007 1:46 pm)
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Replying to: dode (May 15, 2007 2:26 pm)
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Replying to: skulbalski (May 19, 2007 1:53 pm) |
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I have had my new Kia Sedona at the dealership 3 times for problems with my AC. At times it works well. Other times it blows hot air out of the drivers side, COLD air on the right side and hot air from the floor vents, all at the same time. One time they said they "couldn't duplicate the problem". When I took it back again for the same problem they said it was low on freon and a nut was loose. In less than a month it was repeating the same thing. Took it BACK TO THE DEALER, made the service advisor sit in the car and showed him what it was doing. He kept the car 6 days. He called me and said "we had to talk to Kia about this problem. Your car is ready to go." I received a call today from a KIA representative who had been involved in this. She said the service advisor told her there was NOT a problem they could find. After talking to the advisor today I am very scared this will be the way the dealership handles all service problems. There are other dealers but they are 2 hours away and I would have to leave the car with them. What good is a warranty if they don't FIX what is wrong?
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Replying to: dode (Apr 25, 2007 2:07 pm)
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