XPower in the Snow

DixieTGS said:
As you have only just joined the forums you're probably not aware of the warped undertray fault mentioned above. Use the search forums link at the top of the page to find the threads about it.

In short, if you can persuade the garage this problem was the cause, you should get it fixed under warranty. There is now a warranty fix for the issue if you just have the warping and no damage yet (a strengthening bar on the leading edge of the rear tray). At the very least try and get the fix applied to any replacement tray that's fitted if required. All being well I'm having the fix fitted tomorrow.
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Thanks for your message. You're right - I wasn't aware of the warped undertray fault! Thanks for the info.
 
The minor side roads and a lot of car parks still have frozen compacted snow here and I've not had any issues so far, touch wood. The car seemed pretty good grip wise, although I kept in snow mode and forward gear as much as possible for the few short trips I've made.

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MG Clive said:
It'll be interesting to try 'Snow Mode', does anybody know what it does?, I guess it's just four wheel drive with a slow throttle response.
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Snow mode on the XPower engages permanent 4 wheel drive whilst driving forward and reduces Regen to 1 and disables one pedal mode, the throttle response is considerably reduced also, makes sense as you don't want aggressive acceleration on snow or ice. The downside is it uses noticeably more power to permanently drive all four wheels! You can see the power distribution on the centre screen as you are driving, (without distracting yourself of course) by hitting the battery level then the third tab, "Energy consumption" this shows energy flow to the wheels and power economy. I was very impressed with how mine handled snow and ice - no problem.
 
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DixieTGS said:
As you have only just joined the forums you're probably not aware of the warped undertray fault mentioned above. Use the search forums link at the top of the page to find the threads about it.

In short, if you can persuade the garage this problem was the cause, you should get it fixed under warranty. There is now a warranty fix for the issue if you just have the warping and no damage yet (a strengthening bar on the leading edge of the rear tray). At the very least try and get the fix applied to any replacement tray that's fitted if required. All being well I'm having the fix fitted tomorrow.
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Again thanks for your info on the warped undertray fault. I look it into Perry's in Huddersfield and, although they were apparently unaware of the undertray problem, they admitted MG were aware and have made the current tray safe and ordered a new modified undertray to fit under warranty which was a great relief!!
 
siteguru said:
The modified undertray is actually a bracket that holds the leading edge of the existing tray flat.
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I'm wondering if they have a better under-tray design now that doesn't need the bracket. Or maybe the bracket is part of the under-tray now.

But it does seem wasteful to replace the whole under-tray when that bracket is available and seems to solve the problem neatly.
 
Coulomb said:
I'm wondering if they have a better under-tray design now that doesn't need the bracket. Or maybe the bracket is part of the under-tray now.

But it does seem wasteful to replace the whole under-tray when that bracket is available and seems to solve the problem neatly.
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It's a bit of a sorry state for SAIC, that they couldn't get a bloody undertray right.

Not exactly new 'technology'
 
Yeah we had the undertray bodge (sorry I mean bracket) added at one of our many dealership visits in the first 8 months of ownership, once Gary Smart at MG UK had stopped insisting the undertray droop was a characteristic of the car and that all 'performance' cars suffered the same issue.
 
Here are two pictures of my first undertray and my second undertray fitted today under warranty. It seems to be a lot better to my untrained eye!
 

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