MG3 Hybrid Service Manual

[Ianmrr]

I had a look at taking out a service plan for an MG3 through the MG website. Services are required every 15000 miles or 12 months, whichever comes first. The costs for each yearly service varies and the prices are shown. The cost of year 4 service is £940. I don't know what they do to the car to justify that price but it won't bother me as the price of these cars is so low I will just trade it in for another one. That also depends on trade-in values not dropping through the floor.

I asked the sales guy and he told me they need to clean/replace the battery/fan filter(s), he said it was 4 hours labour just to get the battery out and back in hence the exorbitant cost.

 

[siteguru]

As an alternative backup location, I have copied the manual to my website:

http://www.siteguru.co.uk/MG3/

Let me know (and point me to) anything else useful that I can put there.

 

[Big Ears]

A link to the four MG3 manuals I have.

Dropbox

www.dropbox.com

 

[Big Ears]

As an alternative backup location, I have copied the manual to my website:

http://www.siteguru.co.uk/MG3/

Let me know (and point me to) anything else useful that I can put there.

see below

 

[siteguru]

The service and owner manuals I already had, and the MG Assist T&Cs I have in the MG4 area, so I've only copied and uploaded the Quick Start Guide.

 

[GraemeW]

Thanks siteguru. Useful info

 

[ptw]

Thanks to @dStan, who showed me how to do this, you should be able to download the Service Manual from this link > Download Data package from August 27th.

To download it you have to sign up and pay

 

[Big Ears]

I won't bother, I'm not going to be servicing it.

 

[MG Clive]

To download it you have to sign up and pay

Unfortunately the 50 free downloads has expired, please see @siteguru's post HERE for the Service Manual.

 

[RichardL]

Hi,
We took delivery of a new MG3 Hybrid Trophy today and find the need to hold the vehicle still by using the footbrake is not good. Our Tesla and the MG's predecessor, a VW Up, were a lot easier to drive in start-stop traffic as they don't move until the accelerator pedal is pressed. Also, the ride is made jerky by the brakes being rather aggressive.... but this may be because they are not yet bedded in.

Is there a setting somewhere to prevent 'creep'.
Thanks,
Richard

 

[MG Clive]

If I'm stopped for just a few seconds in traffic, I find the foot brake is fine, but if I'm stopped for longer, eg traffic lights, I just use the hand brake, this is pretty much the same as I've stop/started for 40 years, and it seems to work very well for me.

 

[glend14]

The MG3 Hybrid has a button marked A on the centre console, when you press this a small A will appear on the driver's display, and an orange light on the console button will light up. This is effectively a hill holder type function, it seems to prevent roll back or roll forward when stopped. You will find that you need slightly more accelerator when starting off, as this is how you disengage the hold function. I use it for hill starts and it works fine, facing up or down. Have fun.

Clive i suggest not using the parking brake as a hill holder, mostly because the car has an Electronic Parking Brake, not a manual one, and you can clearly hear the EPB cycling when you shift out of gear to engage the brake. The EPB works on the rear wheels. My past experience with EPB on other cars tells me that these systems are usually where brake problems usually show up first. There is a reason for that A button on your centre console, try that.

 

[MG Clive]

Clive i suggest not using the parking brake as a hill holder, mostly because the car has an Electronic Parking Brake, not a manual one, and you can clearly hear the EPB cycling when you shift out of gear to engage the brake. The EPB works on the rear wheels. My past experience with EPB on other cars tells me that these systems are usually where brake problems usually show up first. There is a reason for that A button on your centre console, try that.

Thanks for that advice, I wasn't actually talking about parking/holding on hills, we were discussing stop/start driving in traffic.

 

[Cooperman]

Not sure where we are going on this thread? Surely the answer to RichardL's thread is a simple "Use the Autohold feature"?

 

[Aitch1]

Hi,
We took delivery of a new MG3 Hybrid Trophy today and find the need to hold the vehicle still by using the footbrake is not good. Our Tesla and the MG's predecessor, a VW Up, were a lot easier to drive in start-stop traffic as they don't move until the accelerator pedal is pressed. Also, the ride is made jerky by the brakes being rather aggressive.... but this may be because they are not yet bedded in.

Is there a setting somewhere to prevent 'creep'.
Thanks,
Richard

Good morning Richard. I find the MG3 excellent for 'holding against creep' in all situations, whether in traffic, downhill, uphill or any other situation. You have to turn on Autohold in the car settings. After that, whenever stopping, a little extra pressure on the brake pedal will engage autohold and you can lift your foot off and relax. I've never had this 'extra' on any previous cars and I find it to be one of the many things that make driving the MG3 a pleasure.

 

[Deleted member 18108]

Good morning Richard. I find the MG3 excellent for 'holding against creep' in all situations, whether in traffic, downhill, uphill or any other situation. You have to turn on Autohold in the car settings. After that, whenever stopping, a little extra pressure on the brake pedal will engage autohold and you can lift your foot off and relax. I've never had this 'extra' on any previous cars and I find it to be one of the many things that make driving the MG3 a pleasure.

Yes, I agree, I use auto hold all the time in stop start traffic and it makes for a more relaxing drive.

 

[MG Clive]

Not sure where we are going on this thread? Surely the answer to RichardL's thread is a simple "Use the Autohold feature"?

Yes, I agree, I use auto hold all the time in stop start traffic and it makes for a more relaxing drive.

I must admit, I thought the Auto Hold was for, and only worked as a 'hill hold' function, I'll have to give it a try in normal stop/start traffic.

 

[RichardL]

Hi Folks,
Thanks for the guidance, Auto Hold makes all the difference!
Is there a good reason to not leave it switched on all the time?

 

[Cooperman]

Hi Folks,
Thanks for the guidance, Auto Hold makes all the difference!
Is there a good reason to not leave it switched on all the time?

Hi Richard, Don't think so, mine has been switched on auto hold since the day I collected it. This is bout six weeks now and I haven't come across any circumstances where I have needed to switch it off yet. Although I'm sure someone on this Forum will come up with a valid reason why you should!!!!

 

[MG Clive]

I've had a play about with the Auto Hold feature today, and it's really very good, have it engaged for normal driving, no creep in stop/start traffic, good for holding on hills, but turn it off for precision parking where you might need to creep forward or backwards a couple of inches. Call me impressed