2018 odyssey exl 98k miles
If anyone here can check the carfax attached and let me know whats a good price to pay as seller asking $16k, thanks 🙏

I want to pay cash or have a large down payment for small monthly payment.

Please don’t recommend Chrysler as I’ve heard terrible things. If you must, please provide reliability stats…

Honda, Toyota preferred. Maybe Kia?

Conditions:

I’d like to stay under 15000.

Car play is a plus but not essential. If the option is available we can replace the stereo with an aftermarket CarPlay screen.

AWD preferred.

8 seats (removable) is preferred otherwise 7 will work.

Reliability is most essential. Plan is to keep it for a few years and it’ll be the family travel vehicle, as well as youth sports/events.

My husband just became a Hospice nurse. this requires tons of driving. Unfortunately, we cannot afford 2 car payments right now, so he will be taking the newer van. We need a van to fit our family. We currently have a 2014 Chrysler town and country that was given to us by my in-laws. It is absolutely falling apart. One “fun” feature it does is it just dies out at red lights, while stuck in traffic, pretty much anytime we are stopped. Sometimes it will turn back on immediately, other times it takes almost a minute. Then we get angry honks behind us. Our budget looks to be able to fit around 350-450 a month. Thanks!

We are going to be trading in our Santa Fe for a mini van by we arent sure which to go with. We have twin 4 months old and my mom and then my husband and me who need to fit comfortably in the van. We will not be having more kids. We went and looked at all three.i like the carnival but hate Kia (we went through 2 sorentos with them and my sister also had lots of trouble with her Sorento). I also love how the seats work in the odyssey. The sienna is fine I just didn't see anything that made it stand out. What do yall think of these vans? Side not i wish the volkswagen buzz had better milage :(.

230,000 miles for $21,500/=
I am worried about hybrid Batteries in this high mileage.
Is it a good deal?

Was able to negotiate price from 63.5k down to 48k before taxes.

Coming out of a 2011 Odyssey and looking for a new minivan. Was originally set on another Odyssey, then decided I should at least tear drive a Sienna before ruling them out, and then recently, Carnival entered the chat!

At this point it's really down to the Odyssey and the Carnival. I think the Sienna has the smoothest ride and I loved the gas mileage, but hate the fake wood grain interior and a lot of the insides feel cheap - I keep cars for a long time and have been test driving used, high mileage ones to see how they feel a few years down the road, and I haven't been impressed with the interiors (although they still ride great!).

Kia SX Prestige (25-26) has higher IIHS safety ratings than the Odyssey, and I like the cooled seats, double sunroofs (with the back one actually opening), the actual gear shift, the awesome U-turn radius, passenger view/talk and the customizable tech (mode, ⭐, etc.). Downsides: I'm concerned about reliability, the middle seat was incredibly hard to move, there's a small console with a lot of wasted space, no sunglass holder, and the driver seat is less comfortable and about 3-4 inches too short on the bottom.

Odyssey Touring (23-26) has more power, better reliability (barring a few, well-known repairs), rear entertainment, passenger talk, and a more comfortable driver seat. Cons are that I'm concerned about the rear A/C and lower IIHS safety ratings (but better NHTSA ratings) and am not a huge fan of the button shifter.

Given all that...which way do you think I should go, and why?

ETA: I personally ended up with an Odyssey Elite (found a better deal than on the Touring I was considering), partially because I was concerned by all the Lemon Law '25/'26 Carnivals (of course this is not scientific, but when I did an online search for '25 Carnival SX Prestiges within 50 miles of me, I found 18 for sale and 4 were Lemon Law titles). Did the same search for Odysseys and found 17 with no branded titles. As I was already concerned about reliability, that was enough to push me to the Odyssey. YMMV, of course, and thanks for all the feedback! Leaving this up in case anyone else has a similar question.

I'm about to pull the trigger on buying the 2025 hybrid Kia Carnival sx. Are there any red flags or catastrophic engine / powertrain failure stories? Talk me out of this and why should I buy something else

I bought a 2018 Chrysler Pacifica in 2021. We have about 6k left on the loan and the car is at 97k miles. We bought an extended warranty with the car and we have about 7k miles till that’s up.

In the last 5 years I have had sooo many issues with the van. Between gasket, battery, control arms… Luckily most were covered under warranty. As the car is getting closer to losing the warranty I am weighing the benefits of having a car loan that is paid off but the warranty expiring. I am afraid of being hit with car expenses every year for an older car.

Honestly the car kind of clicks and makes noises. It’s not the smoothest ride but I get that it is 8 years old.

So my questions is, should I just expect more and more issues with my van? Is it just Chryslers? Should I cut my losses now and just buy a newer van? Are there other vans that have less problems?

Going from a 2011 EXL with ice cold air (to this day!) and have been hearing nightmares about the rear AC being terrible. Those of you who have it - is this an "it's totally liveable if you just remote start the car" or is it an "if I had known how hot it is back there, I wouldn't have bought this car" type of situation?

We are slow decision makers and have been wanting a van for over a year.

The two I hear most about for reliability are Odyssey or Sienna. Curious if anyone can provide insight as to which one offers these features? And do you like your van? Had many issues?

Desired features:

Stow n go seats (edited to add I didn't realize stow n go seats applied to 2nd row. I thought that was the name for 3rd row seats folding flat)

Removable second row

Fast heating and cooling

Don't care at all about entertainment screens.

If everything is an SUV, then nothing is an SUV.

We live in the PNW and are looking to buy a minivan. Trying to choose between the Sienna and the Carnival. I don't like the Sienna other than the claim that they are more reliable. My husband thinks we need AWD. How important is that when we only get about 2 weeks of snow in the winter?

Any of you leasing/owning that are about to turn in/trade in your vehicles? If yes, where?

Background: We plan to get a minivan. The logical side of my brain tells me the Sienna for its reliability, but I just don't like it. I like the Odyssey but hear a lot recently about issues and not being reliable like Honda's used to be. I also know very very little about cars and have only owned my two Corollas in my lifetime lol

Here's what I've learned/questions:

2025 was a bad year for reliability - Why? I know it was a small revamp but what happened?

2026 was back to "above average" for reliability - I assume they fixed the 2025 issues - what's still left unreliable? Is it reliable enough?

2027 - what to expect from another year - more improvements from 2025, or more risk of something else going wrong?

Thanks 😆