Check your front doors drain holes

[Jonhklee]

I was washing my car and came across a plastic sticky tapes covering the front door drain holes, my dealer must have missed them during PDI checks before handover (MY2021!!)

Must have been preventing proper drainage of water from my doors since day 1. Better late then than when my doors starts to rust in a few years time. I checked my other front door, exactly the same, only this one only had have masked.

 

[BugEyed]

Worth mentioning to MG that you expect them to honour the anti-perforation warranty as this was not your doing.

 

[Ozzie1989]

This has been covered on the forum before, I think if I recall at the time people were questioning whether they were there for a reason. If not maybe worth an admin making this a sticky thread?

 

[smokie]

A sticky thread which only the mods can update with links to threads containing common problems or answers to common questions would be a good idea, but could be high maintenance.

In the meantime careful use of the search facility would work!

 

[EVsince2016]

Mine are there on front doors, removed on back doors.

Wouldn't removing them allow water to enter in deep water?

 

[Lovemyev]

Seen on the ZS EV as well !.

 

[TallPaul]

Sprayed in all my door drainage holes Bilthamber Dynax S50 to add anti-corrosion protection. Just make sure if you do this you can leave the doors open so the overspray can run away, or you will have a right mess. I put cardboard under the doors so the drive didn't get messed up.

 

[BillyWhizz]

Just checked mine and the driver side was still covered this sort of thing should be done on the PDI

 

[Ozzie1989]

The fact it hasn't been done on so many vehicles indicates to me that MG hasn't told the dealers to do it and that, for some reason, maybe they're supposed to be left in place. After all, why cover them in the first place?

 

[Deep purple]

Just checked mine and the driver's door still had it in place. Noticed that the boot lid has a central oval drainage hole and also a circular one each side with small rubber plugs in which seem to have a very small hole in the centre. Left them in place, anyone else have them?

 

[cnatspell]

Mine are there on front doors, removed on back doors.

Wouldn't removing them allow water to enter in deep water?

and drain straight out again..............

 

[Alb]

I'm sure all of the water will have drained out in the two years since that comment was made

 

[Verdigris]

Well, it prompted me to check my car and, sure enough, front doors drains taped but not the rears. No water in the doors, though, which is surprising, living in wet Wales.

 

[fred12345]

Is it one of those stickers that says "warranty void if removed" ?

 

[CanyonReveller]

It prompted me to check mine too. Rears clear, passenger front door clear, but driver's door was still taped with a pile of fine grit behind it. No water though, so it must still drain through the edge of the tape or somewhere else, thankfully.

 

[James83]

Mine has them on the front still, no water behind them. Wondered if drain holes are actually on the door corners? Not poured water in to check. Thought they seemed thicker and stickier than a temporary 'remove before flight' thing so have left them there.

 

[NorfolkAndGood]

Have I got the definitive answer?
I emailed my support linking to this forum post, got a quick response and this was the reply:

I have had confirmation that the tape shouldn’t be on the vehicle and the dealership should’ve removed it during their checks.
If you wish to contact them and ask them if they can remove it you are always welcome to do so.
Kindest regards
Craig
MG Customer Care
Aftersales

 

[Poor yoric]

Thought this was worth bumping as my newly delivered one still had both front door drain holes taped up. Judging by the state of it before preparation, it had probably been parked in a field for months! Luckily, no water poured out when I removed it.

 

[Paulie68]

I'm still not convinced the centre holes are meant to be open. There are already open holes at the front and rear of the doors for drainage. That covering over them isn't just flimsy tape either, it's a thick plastic film that looks like it's not meant to be just "transit packaging", and why would they bother adding such a neat, thick cover at all just for transit? All the rest of the transit stuff is flimsy, slap dash applied films, to be taken off at PDI.

I suspect the centre holes are for production procedures, such as primer body dip draining, which is why they get sealed after the car is painted.

All that said, I can't think of any reason why removing them would have any negative effects either!