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Kia Carens Issues - help???

  • 02-07-2009 10:55am
    #1
    ZOLTAN28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 515 ✭✭✭


    Looking for help/advice

    I am far from being an auto expert so please be gentle.

    I have a 2002 Kia Carens 1.8L LS - 70000 miles.

    Have had it for nine months and it needed a new alternator soon ater I bought it - this was replaced okay and it has passed it's NCT.

    However recently a lot of weird things have been happening - I have listed them below:

    * For quite some time when I press the brake reasonably hard there is a cranking noise heard - quite audible.

    * Recently when I start the car a sound like running water can be heard from uner the hood.

    * Also recently when stuck in trafic it starts to struggle to get up to speed and the slightest press on the accelerator causes the revs to shoot up. Ths generally rights itself after driving or a while.

    * Today - the battery and brake warning lights have started to flash intermittently now and again. Happened twice - both times car was running but stationary - waiting for lights to change - and both times the lights stopped once I got moving.

    I am beginning to think all these things are related but does anyone know what it could be? To be honest I can't afford to bring it anywhere to be looked at so i I can live with it I will. The manual gives info on what each of these warning lights means but not what they mean when they flash together.

    From what I can gather it could be a timing belt issue - anyone know the approximate cost of getting this replaced? Should I go to a dealer or an independent mechanic

    Any info would be greatly appreciated


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  • #2
    VanhireBoys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 468 ✭✭VanhireBoys


    I cant diagnose from here without seeing the thing
    • Brakepads/Discs or both
    • Probably power steering fluid low or air in the cooling system
    • Clutch plate worn out
    • Bad/loose connections on the alternator/battery itself after previous replacement
    Its going to cost a kings ransom to sort the clutch out - Brakes will cost a wee bit. The other 2 Im guessing...!


  • #3
    ZOLTAN28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 515 ✭✭✭ZOLTAN28


    Cheers - just had the brake pads done last week so I assume that it's not them. The couple of times it's been struggling in low gears has felt like the clutch all right.

    Alternator was done last September - the guy who did it said it was a massive job because of where the alternator is in the thing - he had to strip it down so I assume something could have gone wrong then. It passed an NCT soon after though.


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