2004 Kia Carens LE 2.0 diesel
Summary:
Overall, an excellent vehicle for the price
General Comments:
Very comfortable and a pleasure to drive.
The wife has mention about the lack of an arm rest (unlike the Sedona) on the passenger seat and also feels the seat could do with a lumber support, though both my wife and I are very happy with the level of comfort provided by the seats.
The combined fuel comsumption is reported to be 43.5 mpg, using the car for a daily round trip of approximateley 80 miles from Cheltenham to Bristol, I had hoped for a comsumption in this area. I am at present on this daily trip lucky to get 35 mpg and that is driving the car in a very conservative manner.
A criticism is that the is wash/wipe control could do with being position on one of the steering column control stalks, as the control are just at the end of my reach the lower edge of the right hand side of the dashboard and is considered not to be conducive to safe driving. Also the lack of an intermittent wiper control is annoying, to say the least.
Other than these few niggles both the wife and I are very happy with the car.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Don't Know
Review Date: 2nd February, 2005
29th Jul 2004, 19:31
Hello.
Your review was good. But recently as I was surfing I saw an article about the Carens recall..?How true is it and which model..?Any idea..?We are considering Kia Carens..is it still your choice and would you recommend us to buy one.
Please get back.