KIA Sedona
Registered from 2001 to 2012.
About this model
The Kia Carnival is a minivan manufactured by the South Korean automaker Kia since 1998. Before the fourth generation, it was marketed as the Kia Sedona in North America and serveral other markets. The fourth-generation model was introduced in 2020, and Kia adopted the Carnival name in North America for the 2022 model year.
From the Wikipedia article Kia Carnival, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2008 2.9 diesel. 461 of 1,512 tests failed, 30%.
Better than 18% of 2008 cars. The typical one fails 26%, across 922 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 48% | 223 |
| Lights and electrics | 43% | 198 |
| Brakes | 40% | 185 |
| Tyres and wheels | 19% | 89 |
| Steering | 17% | 80 |
| Body and structure | 16% | 76 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Suspension — 48% of its failures
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A suspension component excessively damaged or corroded
- Brakes — 40% of its failures
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Tyres and wheels — 19% of its failures
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- Steering — 17% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 43% of its failures
- Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Body and structure — 16% of its failures
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- A suspension component excessively damaged or corroded
When it starts failing
At 160–180k miles this one fails 45% of its inspections, against the 30% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40–60k miles | 22% | 20% | 101 | |
| 60–80k miles | 27% | 24% | 227 | |
| 80–100k miles | 28% | 27% | 313 | |
| 100–120k miles | 33% | 29% | 400 | |
| 120–140k miles | 31% | 29% | 243 | |
| 140–160k miles | 34% | 30% | 99 | |
| 160–180k miles | 45% | 30% | 65 |
1,448 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 100k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.