My wife and I test drove the Carnival SXP with our 3 kids. After 5 minutes, my wife and I started feeling strong ear pressure, but the kids didn't. We tried turning the sound system on and off, same with AC, and also opened windows. We were driving flat roads with no elevation. The test drive lasted about 20 minutes, and it took about 10-15 minutes of driving our own car for the pressure to go away. I never felt anything like this before, nor did my wife, and we don't have ear problems.
After researching it a little more I can say that it is not common but other people driving other cars/brands have experience the same thing every time they drive their cars. One said (driving a newer Odyssey) it took 6 months before she stopped feeling it. I thought it might have to do with the active noise cancelling system (if the carnival has one), but someone on an Odyssey forum disconnected his with no success. I also found people with cars from 2007 and 2008 that experienced similar things, and I am not sure cars had active noise canceling then
Has anyone experienced anything similar with the Kia Carnival? and any idea what might be causing it?
We are considering buying a Carnival SXP but we have to get to the bottom of this before we do.
After researching it a little more I can say that it is not common but other people driving other cars/brands have experience the same thing every time they drive their cars. One said (driving a newer Odyssey) it took 6 months before she stopped feeling it. I thought it might have to do with the active noise cancelling system (if the carnival has one), but someone on an Odyssey forum disconnected his with no success. I also found people with cars from 2007 and 2008 that experienced similar things, and I am not sure cars had active noise canceling then
Has anyone experienced anything similar with the Kia Carnival? and any idea what might be causing it?
We are considering buying a Carnival SXP but we have to get to the bottom of this before we do.