Worst car I've ever had

[OriginalBigAl]

If I may as be bold to say, on behalf of everyone on this forum and all MG owners everywhere, and taking a leaf out of the latest advertising parlance. I have had up to 0% problems with my car and up to 100% reliability and driving pleasure and ease of use. I am assured it has up to 100% longevity and retention of value and up to 100% maintenance and service satisfaction.
Some of the OPs comments I have had , but most were user issues , even though I'd read the manual forwards/backwards several times before picking up the car, and all the posts and issues stated on this forum. A lot of those new techniques have now become 2nd nature with repeated use, although there is one slow lefthand corner which I regularly use, where muscle memory has me reaching for the gear lever and my left leg is twitching. Old dog, new tricks etc.

 

[Silver estate]

I own a MG5 and a Ford Cmax 1.6 tdci 6 speed manual and I’m a truck driver driving a DAF XG with the camera mirrors
Each drive different and have their own little niggles , but I enjoy driving all of them
My 5 is 28 months old and had no faults , I did my research 1st and was a member of this forum 3 months before I got the physical car coming from a 1ltr Kia Ceed 6 speed estate
One thing I’ve learned is take your lead out yer boots and drive sensibly and you’ll get good range .
An EV is a whole different driving ball game to an ICE car (which I think you didn’t expect )
Yes I’m PX’ing my MG5 in for another car only because me and my mum struggle to get in and out of it now and nothing else. I love doing the traffic light Grand Prix with the Saxo’s and fez’s

 

[Corindikev]

Almost 16 months & 21,000km in my MG4. I've had one fault & that was the warped under tray. I was one of the first to have the bar fitted to remove the warp. Done in 10 minutes by the dealer under warranty. Otherwise better than previous cars.

 

[unbornidentity]

As someone else mentioned you can accidentally turn the lights off using the scroll wheel behind the stalk. I always leave mine on auto but once when I went from main beam to dip (I don’t use auto main beam) the lights turned off and I wondered what on earth was going on. Turned out I’d scrolled them off! It’s only happened once in a year of having the car. Just caught it funny.

 

[Bam Bam]

As someone else mentioned you can accidentally turn the lights off using the scroll wheel behind the stalk. I always leave mine on auto but once when I went from main beam to dip (I don’t use auto main beam) the lights turned off and I wondered what on earth was going on. Turned out I’d scrolled them off! It’s only happened once in a year of having the car. Just caught it funny.

Yeah, I once accidentally knocked all the lights out when turning off the full beam.

Pebbles completely freaked out thinking the car had switched off.

It was just a switch that was too easy to knock out of auto mode.

 

[DBedford]

No. not wrong, just set up as most domestic chargers in the UK are running off single phase and therefore 7Kw. in Europe would more than likely be 3ph.

 

[CharlieT]

Have a look at my thread titled ‘Why I hate my MG4’.

 

[ADC1966]

You didn’t have to get a “PhD” for your first petrol car did you? Going by some of your other replies you’ve tried to charge the car once, and already it’s the last EV you’ll ever own, what a dramatic over reaction.

If you want to learn some basics or need some help just ask the nice people on his forum, but you’ll get more help with a positive attitude and an open mind.

Perhaps you could start by reading the manual, as it explains how your car works. Things like how to charge for instance.

https://www.mg.co.uk/sites/default/files/2022-09/MG4_EV_Owner_Manual.pdf

Could you be any more sanctimonious there? Do you really think I've had the car since May and have only charged it once? I'm so sorry that I don't know the difference between AC and DC and I'm such an idiot that I struggle to understand some of the terminology of EV driving. If you had read my original post you might have seen my main complaint is I am driving a car that I cant rely on to light the road ahead of me - try having your lights go out in a country road with family member passengers beside you, then tell me how much you love your car.

RTFM would help a lot instead of complaining

what does your manual say about your lights going out on you as you drive?

 

[ADC1966]

'I certainly won’t be buying another electric car.' Based on what exactly? None of the 'faults' highlighted by the OP is EV-centric, except the Charging issue, which is not a problem with EVs, but a lack of fundamental research by this person. Going from an ICE to an EV is a major change in mindset, and requires some forethought.

Based on what exactly? None of the 'faults' highlighted by the OP is EV-centric
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Are you for real? What charging problems do diesel cars have?

Also please show me on instance of all lights in an non EV going out while driving.

 

[Martinonline]

Are you for real? What charging problems do diesel cars have?

Also please show me on instance of all lights in an non EV going out while driving.

I believe that you have suffered with your car and the somewhat harsh comments you've received. In their defence I would say that if you had come to the forum with queries you would have received answers that would have ameliorated your concerns and helped you to get to grips with the new technology. If you switch from a gas boiler to a heat pump you need to learn how to manage the new heating system.

However, for your points above:

There are cases of ICE owners putting the wrong fuel in their cars. Definitely a charging problem.

As has been explained the lights failure can be put down to finger trouble with the stalk buttons. A design failure but one that the designers thought would not occur because the lights would be in auto. These 'helpful' features occur in all technology (don't get me started on what Microsoft have done over the years!). The Forum has offered a solution (somewhere) involving covering the wheel at the back of the stalk.

Please stick with the car, it's no perfect but, I believe, nothing is.

 

[OriginalBigAl]

You have had 4 pages of mainly helpful advice but either cannot or refuse to acknowledge that you are at fault. Your opening comments state ,"its worse than I imagined " which implies you either wanted to see it at its worst , or its all imagined and you reside under a bridge in Norway. Maybe a photo of your car would help members decide your status. Reading between the lines a few of your comments don't ring true.

 

[haloweenhamster]

As has been explained the lights failure can be put down to finger trouble with the stalk buttons. A design failure but one that the designers thought would not occur because the lights would be in auto. These 'helpful' features occur in all technology (don't get me started on what Microsoft have done over the years!). The Forum has offered a solution (somewhere) involving covering the wheel at the back of the stalk.

Please stick with the car, it's no perfect but, I believe, nothing is.

I've seen several reports of lights either won't come on or go off without touching the stalk, then when attempting to put them back on, no position of the wheel brings on the lights until the car has been rebooted (out, locked, unlocked)
So although some may catch the light wheel, it's not the only possibility

 

[siteguru]

Where have you seen those several reports? I can't recall any such report here. (Not saying there haven't been - just that I've not seen them; and I read most threads here in the MG4 board).

 

[salty]

Where have you seen those several reports? I can't recall any such report here. (Not saying there haven't been - just that I've not seen them; and I read most threads here in the MG4 board).

Yep, first I've heard of that particular problem.

 

[ReintjeWA]

Could you be any more sanctimonious there? Do you really think I've had the car since May and have only charged it once? I'm so sorry that I don't know the difference between AC and DC and I'm such an idiot that I struggle to understand some of the terminology of EV driving. If you had read my original post you might have seen my main complaint is I am driving a car that I cant rely on to light the road ahead of me - try having your lights go out in a country road with family member passengers beside you, then tell me how much you love your car.


what does your manual say about your lights going out on you as you drive?

You probably turn the lights of yourself when flicking the stalk to turn on or off your high beam, it happens to other drivers and is user error.

You have a bad attitude, and it sounds like everything is the car’s fault. Owning an EV without even googling the difference between ac and dc, yet complain the car is the worst you’ve ever had, is something you should be sorry for.

You’ve owned the car since May, yet have never had some spare time to read the manual or watch a YouTube video on the car? You’re such a victim

 

[tsedge]

Let's keep it civil please folks.

This thread is a good lesson in how the way one approaches people affects how they respond.

We are a community of MG EV owners who are well aware some people have terrible lemon-like ownership experiences and generally people want to help them as much as they can, but there's a way to ask for help without getting people's backs up.

Since the vast majority enjoy their MG EVs (>80% very satisfied), being told the car is awful simply isn't going to fly. Individual cars can be awful for the unlucky.

 

[Filip]

Technically not wrong, it can only AC charge to 7kW. If you use a DC charger, e.g. a 50 kW pod point charger (they have a big cable attached to them and you have to remove the second cap in your charge port) it will go up to 135ish kW. Tesla are great for fast charging.

what other chargers do you have in England than in the EU.
I normally charge 10.4Kw. About 7kw is only the SE version of the MG4

 

[haloweenhamster]

Where have you seen those several reports? I can't recall any such report here. (Not saying there haven't been - just that I've not seen them; and I read most threads here in the MG4 board).

I'm also in 4 Facebook groups so if it wasn't here then it'd of been there
For example

 

[Martinonline]

To me thee appears to be 2evwnts here:

1. Lights being on then going out as @ADC1966 reported; and
2. Lights not coming on but the car reporting they are on.

No. 1 is probably a stalk problem but No. 2 is probably a boot failure issue. (Did those who suffered it try powering down from the screen and then powering up again rather than locking/unlocking the car?)

 

[siteguru]

what other chargers do you have in England than in the EU.
I normally charge 10.4Kw. About 7kw is only the SE version of the MG4

3-phase AC charger points are not so common in the UK ... certainly not in the domestic (home) setting, as most properties are fed by a single phase supply so 7kW wall boxes are generally fitted. 3-phase AC charge points may be more prevalent in places like supermarkets or work places.