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Mine too, the agent says that it is due to the catalitic converter. They are trying to either cover it with a metal sheet or replace with a new catalitic converer. Until now i had no reply from them for replacement.
Really! but I just bought my car on last month. How easy broken this part.
Do you have any picture about the metal cover, maybe I can ask our angent to place one for me.
This case is very serious and oncerning about the safety for driver.....
Originally posted by Walter Yang@Sep 8 2004, 09:20 AM Really! but I just bought my car on last month. How easy broken this part.
Do you have any picture about the metal cover, maybe I can ask our angent to place one for me.
This case is very serious and oncerning about the safety for driver.....
Sorry walter, I had no picture of it. I will try to ask my local agent again about this problem once i sent my car for servicing. Again according to them , Kia Korea knew about this and is trying their best to find a solution.
Originally posted by zenius@Sep 9 2004, 01:37 AM Sorry walter, I had no picture of it. I will try to ask my local agent again about this problem once i sent my car for servicing. Again according to them , Kia Korea knew about this and is trying their best to find a solution.
HI evryone,
I had just gone back to kia agent. They had installed a cover for my catalytic converter. The problem is that carens c.c is exposed( underneath the paltform) whereas other models c.c is located right after the exhaust manifold and covered; therefore there is no contact to rainwater at all. So I guess it is design fault from Kia itself.
Just joined this forum and saw this. Yes, I do noticed some noise especially during cold start (didn't notice when rainning) but to date the agent is not able to resolve the problem. Ummm, will ask the agent check on this for my next service.
Originally posted by zenius@Oct 2 2004, 04:33 AM HI evryone,
I had just gone back to kia agent. They had installed a cover for my catalytic converter. The problem is that carens c.c is exposed( underneath the paltform) whereas other models c.c is located right after the exhaust manifold and covered; therefore there is no contact to rainwater at all. So I guess it is design fault from Kia itself.
HI Walter,
So far so good because it seldom rain in Singapore at this time of the year. I think you can fabricate the cover yourself. It looks pretty simple actually. I will try to take some pictures for you.
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