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I would agree with Bill Mitchison and also Nicho, to me the engine revs are far too high; sometimes at under 30mph 3100 revs and carries on for maybe quarter of a mile . And this happens quite a lot. This really spoils a really good car. MG needs to address this problem quickly as those engines won't last long.
 
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At the risk of repetition.
Keep in mind that the ‘engine’ is also providing electrical power for other uses. For example air conditioning, fans, heated seats/steering wheel, lights, etc.
If you look at the dash power distribution display, you will see how the ‘power’ system continually monitors and controls power distribution.
This is the worst time of year, in warmer times the engine will not be needed as much and the revs will be lower.
 
Thanks for your reply Noel, and i do appreciate what you are saying but on having toyota hybrids before my MG they did rev at certain times but not as often as the MG. I collected my car from the dealer at the end of november and the month of december here has been the mildest on record temps up to 14c so the car should be performing fairly well. It has been back to the dealer for this problem and they have found nothing untoward, when i spoke to the technician about it and mentioned toyota HIS WORDS WERE ITS NOT A TOYOTA not very encouraging, not the response i was looking for, my next step possibly someone in charge at MG MOTORS UK. dealer will have another chance
 
It would be nice if the MG had an additional electric heater, then the combustion engine would only have to run when it is really needed and not constantly to heat the passenger compartment. This is unnecessary fuel consumption, because it stays on even when the battery is full.
 
I have the MG3 hybrid automatic 2024 and the revs are so loud going up a slight hill that I worry the engine is going to blow up, it s like you go into neutral literally put your foot to the floor , so I end up taking my foot off the accelerator, which does not help.
 
Noel said:
At the risk of repetition.
Keep in mind that the ‘engine’ is also providing electrical power for other uses. For example air conditioning, fans, heated seats/steering wheel, lights, etc.
If you look at the dash power distribution display, you will see how the ‘power’ system continually monitors and controls power distribution.
This is the worst time of year, in warmer times the engine will not be needed as much and the revs will be lower.
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I believe fully that electrics bar the heater,fans and AC are from the 12v battery. I keep AC off and revs only affected by it. Steering wheel unit. Steering wheel and heated seats not affected.
 
Noel said:
At the risk of repetition.
Keep in mind that the ‘engine’ is also providing electrical power for other uses. For example air conditioning, fans, heated seats/steering wheel, lights, etc.
If you look at the dash power distribution display, you will see how the ‘power’ system continually monitors and controls power distribution.
This is the worst time of year, in warmer times the engine will not be needed as much and the revs will be lower.
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Hi Noel what am i looking for on the dash power display.
 
I took my car into the dealer today so they can look at this issue and update the software as required. They gave me a new ZS petrol courtesy car, it has the same 1.5 litre engine as the hybrid. There is a fairly steep hill on my route home which always causes my vehicle to perform the overrevving nuisance. This car has a five speed manual gearbox and it was not happy climbing the hill in fourth gear even though I was only traveling at the 40 mph speed limit. Pressing the accelerator didn't make any difference so I had to change down to third gear, much higher revs but it did seem to be better. The hybrid must be a heavier car than this version so if I need to be in a lower gear in this vehicle it does not surprise me that the hybrid needs to drop down a gear or possibly two.
Another odd problem I noticed last week, I took my car for its first long drive about four hours in total, after about two hours I noticed an noise coming from the loudspeaker on my righthand side. It sounded like a bong repeated every second not very loud but annoying. I stopped the car about an hour later and when I restarted it the sound had stopped. I drove home a week later and the same sound started again after a couple of hours and continued all the way home. Something else the garage is looking into.
 
Ken K said:
I took my car into the dealer today so they can look at this issue and update the software as required. They gave me a new ZS petrol courtesy car, it has the same 1.5 litre engine as the hybrid. There is a fairly steep hill on my route home which always causes my vehicle to perform the overrevving nuisance. This car has a five speed manual gearbox and it was not happy climbing the hill in fourth gear even though I was only traveling at the 40 mph speed limit. Pressing the accelerator didn't make any difference so I had to change down to third gear, much higher revs but it did seem to be better. The hybrid must be a heavier car than this version so if I need to be in a lower gear in this vehicle it does not surprise me that the hybrid needs to drop down a gear or possibly two.
Another odd problem I noticed last week, I took my car for its first long drive about four hours in total, after about two hours I noticed an noise coming from the loudspeaker on my righthand side. It sounded like a bong repeated every second not very loud but annoying. I stopped the car about an hour later and when I restarted it the sound had stopped. I drove home a week later and the same sound started again after a couple of hours and continued all the way home. Something else the garage is looking into.
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It could have been the 'take a break' warning. I've had that and a small coffee cup flashes up as well
 

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