The most important thing and difference between this one and the SX- Prestige are the LED TAILLIGHTS that no one is talking about. Can we see the taillights at night?
WARNING: A lot of us 2025 Carnival owners have experienced a nasty parasitic battery drain, rendering this family hauler useless. It'll literally die overnight, rinse and repeat. The dealership and Kia is clueless, and has not addressed this issue. My BRAND NEW Carnival SX-P has been at the dealership a week with no answers. Going into school season, this is ridiculous and unacceptable. Do not buy this car until Kia fixes this!! 200 miles on my car and I haven't even been able to use it. Well over $50k for a brick. Nice, Kia, nice.
That sounds like quite an issue actually. I'm really sorry you have to go through this. I'm sure you're pretty bummed out about the car too. It's a very nice ride but issues like that definitely give you a bad after-taste. That's why I try to never get a first gen type of car (in this case the hybrid version of the Carnival) /phone/tablet or pretty much anything technology-wise. They are usually the "test subjects" for future models and have many issues. I hope they at least have the decency to give you a loaner car and fix the issue soon!
@@UrbanAutoAdventures sure this is technically a first year refresh, but it only has a few tech updates and that's it. Nothing structurally or mechanically changed. This is actually extremely common to provide small tech updates on a yearly basis. This should not happen and it shouldn't have been a year to avoid, refresh or not.
@@colear3 Yeah, I know and I agree that small updates are essential to stay relevant in todays industry, no argument there. I was just saying about the Hybrid version intro to this year's model. Technically they shouldn't have ANY issues because it's not like the hybrid engines have just been invented. It also could be an isolated incident, I don't know honestly. Hopefully it gets resolved because this minivan literally checks a lot of boxes with a lot of people.
@@UrbanAutoAdventures totally. But the hybrid hasn't hit land in the US yet and I'm strictly referring to the V6 variant. Nothing mechanically changed. They did make minor changes to some components and shouldn't really be considered a mid cycle refresh because a lot of the changes were just cosmetic, and the tech changes were relatively simple additions and tweaks. It's basically a yearly update if you really think about it. Not rocket science! At any rate, the fact that a lot of us haven't been able to drive it yet after we bought it is shocking and ridiculous.
@@colear3 ooh. ok, I see. Now we're on the same page 😅. Yes, in that case I couldn't agree more. I think anyone caught in this predicament would be angry to say the least. Hey, i really hope they fix this so that you can enjoy it to its full potential (if you don't decide to jump ship beforehand)... I'd be curious to hear how they address and fix this issue so if you don't forget, keep me/us posted here. If it's a manufacturing mistake they'll probably make it a recall or something...
Yikes... you're the second person on here that says they have issues with the batteries. Hopefully kia takes care of this issue because they'll have a lot of brand new MPV's sitting in their lots
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Definitely I’m getting hybrid 2025 model. It has everything I hope for.
Plus, you'll get a much better fuel mileage on it as well!
V6. All the way, man.
The most important thing and difference between this one and the SX- Prestige are the LED TAILLIGHTS that no one is talking about. Can we see the taillights at night?
I didn't do a test of the lights at night. It's a good idea so I'll see what I can do next time I go to the dealership
WARNING: A lot of us 2025 Carnival owners have experienced a nasty parasitic battery drain, rendering this family hauler useless. It'll literally die overnight, rinse and repeat. The dealership and Kia is clueless, and has not addressed this issue. My BRAND NEW Carnival SX-P has been at the dealership a week with no answers. Going into school season, this is ridiculous and unacceptable. Do not buy this car until Kia fixes this!! 200 miles on my car and I haven't even been able to use it. Well over $50k for a brick. Nice, Kia, nice.
That sounds like quite an issue actually. I'm really sorry you have to go through this. I'm sure you're pretty bummed out about the car too. It's a very nice ride but issues like that definitely give you a bad after-taste. That's why I try to never get a first gen type of car (in this case the hybrid version of the Carnival) /phone/tablet or pretty much anything technology-wise. They are usually the "test subjects" for future models and have many issues. I hope they at least have the decency to give you a loaner car and fix the issue soon!
@@UrbanAutoAdventures sure this is technically a first year refresh, but it only has a few tech updates and that's it. Nothing structurally or mechanically changed. This is actually extremely common to provide small tech updates on a yearly basis. This should not happen and it shouldn't have been a year to avoid, refresh or not.
@@colear3 Yeah, I know and I agree that small updates are essential to stay relevant in todays industry, no argument there. I was just saying about the Hybrid version intro to this year's model. Technically they shouldn't have ANY issues because it's not like the hybrid engines have just been invented. It also could be an isolated incident, I don't know honestly. Hopefully it gets resolved because this minivan literally checks a lot of boxes with a lot of people.
@@UrbanAutoAdventures totally. But the hybrid hasn't hit land in the US yet and I'm strictly referring to the V6 variant. Nothing mechanically changed. They did make minor changes to some components and shouldn't really be considered a mid cycle refresh because a lot of the changes were just cosmetic, and the tech changes were relatively simple additions and tweaks. It's basically a yearly update if you really think about it. Not rocket science! At any rate, the fact that a lot of us haven't been able to drive it yet after we bought it is shocking and ridiculous.
@@colear3 ooh. ok, I see. Now we're on the same page 😅. Yes, in that case I couldn't agree more. I think anyone caught in this predicament would be angry to say the least. Hey, i really hope they fix this so that you can enjoy it to its full potential (if you don't decide to jump ship beforehand)... I'd be curious to hear how they address and fix this issue so if you don't forget, keep me/us posted here. If it's a manufacturing mistake they'll probably make it a recall or something...
Dont buy battery will die
Yikes... you're the second person on here that says they have issues with the batteries. Hopefully kia takes care of this issue because they'll have a lot of brand new MPV's sitting in their lots
v6 gas or hybrid?
@@azaelames5309 this is the gas one
@@UrbanAutoAdventures the one with the battery issue.
@azaelames5309 rumors have it the hybrid version have issues with the batteries but I don't have enough info on this