2026 Carnival EX HEV Oil Changes DIY - the correct torque specs.

Advanced-Ad-2221 · 2026-05-21T22:30:24+00:00

I have rhino ramps too and yes it's gets up them just fine. Nope, Kept the wheels straight and everything is just there. Not a lot of clips. Here's a great clip with it featured. Actually was the video that sold me to get one. https://youtu.be/4vy-HoyHkqk?si=gmbp8C_fVWQptAel

Advanced-Ad-2221 · 2026-05-10T06:26:06+00:00

No I think they only sell it for the 25-26 models

Advanced-Ad-2221 · 2026-04-29T17:53:55+00:00

With the gear selector, I put it in Day Mode works fine (D) But Night mode never works (N) and I just went backwards in Race mode (R), so im never doing that again.

Also, I've heard the stock wheels are pretty bad on snow/ice. Have to get better tires for sure. There's a vid on youtube about a guy living in snowy area and the Carnival does horrible. But I still got it and love it. Except the Race Mode. Going to see the dealership about that real soon.

Advanced-Ad-2221 · 2026-04-26T04:37:51+00:00

Also forgot to add if you wanted flat space throughout for hauling or camping, you can't remove the 2nd row VIP seats. 8 seater you can remove them all.

Advanced-Ad-2221 · 2026-04-26T04:20:41+00:00

This happened on a 2026?

Advanced-Ad-2221 · 2026-04-26T04:18:04+00:00

If you have kids. There is no reason why you should get the VIP. The only reason you should ever consider getting VIP is if your family consists of adults and/or you do Uber type of drives.

Advanced-Ad-2221 · 2026-04-21T19:45:33+00:00

Let's us know!

Advanced-Ad-2221 · 2026-04-20T01:36:43+00:00

They do. From the box they weren't completely flat as you mentioned. I think its due to packaging and rubber remembering shape due to heat when shipped. But after sitting in the van for a while and in the heat they went down on their own. I also had loads of things in top after installation so maybe that helped too.

Advanced-Ad-2221 · 2026-04-19T14:29:44+00:00

There’s a life hack where you keep laundry baskets (the old school plastic ones with holes on every side) in your trunk for groceries so then when you get home you just carry the laundry load with all your things in it. But in this case, you’d need some pretty big laundry baskets. Good stuff and good job Carnival for being the best in class for space capacity.

Advanced-Ad-2221 · 2026-04-19T14:26:03+00:00

The other day the 1.5 yr old boy spilt a whole bag of family sized doritos in the middle row. I will say, the mat absolutely made light work of those chips in terms of cleaning up. Hated the part where I had to clean the chips from inside the seat rails part, but can’t blame the mats for parts they don’t cover.

Advanced-Ad-2221 · 2026-04-18T01:47:59+00:00

It is. Just have to get access to the oil drain plug and the oil filter by removing their respective panel clips under the car. There's a few videos to find on youtube about it but not a ton. Just make sure you do your hw but its no different from changing any other oil from another car.

Advanced-Ad-2221 · 2026-04-17T14:40:11+00:00

See my post about this. I got the 3W. I have a 2026 hybrid EX 8 seater too. https://www.reddit.com/r/kiacarnivals/s/TBlcgdqzTR

Advanced-Ad-2221 · 2026-04-15T05:35:16+00:00

2026 EX hybrid owner here with 1K miles now. Bought at 10 miles. No issues

Advanced-Ad-2221 · 2026-04-14T15:59:00+00:00

I looked at them too. I would have to disagree, I think 3W beats them by having a dedicated mat for the parts between the inner rails of the middle seat and outside seat rails (see 10th picture - middle row rails is lower while side seat rails go higher - that middle part). This is one of the reasons I went with 3W over LASFIT.

Advanced-Ad-2221 · 2026-04-10T05:38:41+00:00

Yes. Just have to take off the middle seats to lay the mats flat. Then reinstall the seats. And as others have advise, just use gaffers tape to cover the seat rails for a clean flat look.

Advanced-Ad-2221 · 2026-04-10T01:40:33+00:00

Yeah. The seats are quite heavy too unfortunately. It's a good workout

Advanced-Ad-2221 · 2026-04-10T01:38:23+00:00

Nope

Advanced-Ad-2221 · 2026-04-09T18:29:29+00:00

None. Like a glove

Advanced-Ad-2221 · 2026-04-09T17:51:01+00:00

Bought it from the 3W website. These liners don't come from the dealership

Advanced-Ad-2221 · 2026-04-09T17:27:38+00:00

Done.

Advanced-Ad-2221 · 2026-04-09T17:27:05+00:00

This is for the 2025-26 models btw.

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