EV Repairs

[EMGEEFIVER]

With my previous car I had a car hit me in the snow. The car was new to him but we exchanged details. Informed the insurance company who then advised that the car wasn't covered, uninsured driver scheme kicked in and repair all done with no loss of no claims.

My conversation with the other driver gave me enough info to identify him and where he worked in Southampton at a gym. Passed that on to LV, "great, we can charge him for the repair" was the reply. They could of course also inform the police.

Again, lucky to get him, the driver and passenger hoofed it from the scene before I even got out of the car.

 

[Deleted member 7316]

Unlike our 1st incident some 40 years ago outside of our 1st house.

Ours was the 5th vehicle they had hit down a narrow road lined with cars. The police reckon that our impact snapped the track control arm and clipped the next car along before burying itself completely into the 7th. They were fairly sure they knew who it was and must have been drunk, nobody sober could have got out of the car and legged it so fast down the road. They sped round to his house but he got there 1st making a drink test invalid claiming of course that the car must have been stolen that night.

 

[EMGEEFIVER]

Unlike our 1st incident some 40 years ago outside of our 1st house.

Ours was the 5th vehicle they had hit down a narrow road lined with cars. The police reckon that our impact snapped the track control arm and clipped the next car along before burying itself completely into the 7th. They were fairly sure they knew who it was and must have been drunk, nobody sober could have got out of the car and legged it so fast down the road. They sped round to his house but he got there 1st making a drink test invalid claiming of course that the car must have been stolen that night.

Yes similar, two youngsters in the car, drugs paraphernale all over the car, keys in it "Stolen" from the middle aged gents house, kept the car parked around the corner not on his driveway so didn't see it was gone, his son staying with friends in London. They know how to play the Police but they don't think about the fact that one day they could kill someone.

 

[EMGEEFIVER]

Thursday 5th January 2023, a date to go down in history, finally took delivery of my car from repair, oh so nice to get out of the poxy little Corsa ICE courtesy car, another 2 weeks and it would have made a whole year away..
It's a lovely car but after accident treatment by contractors and repairers now mean I'm still thinking of cancelling the contract. Shame to lose a nice car but the care by these other parties leaves a bad taste in the mouth, plus I'm being charged for 22K miles a year on three year contract and it has only done 8900 in the 18 months I've been paying with no offer for reducing the payments.
It may have to go.

 

[Cocijo]

Sales of MG cars increased by over 30% last year, but the spares to support that has not been addressed !.

Neither has the customer service support and quality I’m afraid.

 

[Mitch AC DC]

Hi All, Don't know if anyone else has had issue with getting Accident repairs carried out on their EV. I had my accident on Wednesday last week and it took till the following Tuesday for a repair company to accept the job, after 4 other repairers turned the job down. I couldn't get a courtesy car till a repairer accepted the task and after the acceptance, I'm told it will be 23 days minimum to repair, if they can get the parts . Have to say however the MG5 held its own against the front end of a '60 plate Vauxhall Corsa, can't see that getting fixed at all.

Long story short, accident 25 nov 2022, took till 25 feb to get it back. Apparently a cross between 1 month shipping parts wait, then further 1 month wait for electric parts, then another month to send it to MG dealer to fix, as repairer lost their auto electrician. oh and insurance claim is not sorted yet!!!!

 

[Jomarkh]

Long story short, accident 25 nov 2022, took till 25 feb to get it back. Apparently a cross between 1 month shipping parts wait, then further 1 month wait for electric parts, then another month to send it to MG dealer to fix, as repairer lost their auto electrician. oh and insurance claim is not sorted yet!!!!

What sort of damage did you have?

 

[Mitch AC DC]

What sort of damage did you have?

smashed the charging port door, smashed the radar sensor, dislodged some front panels (hardly noticed at first). But repairers felt the need to replace all of them 1 month shipping wait. further 1 month wait for the radar sensor. then a month for MG to sort it. So much for modern EV cars, "lol" the offending Mazda was probably back on the road in a week

 

[EMGEEFIVER]

smashed the charging port door, smashed the radar sensor, dislodged some front panels (hardly noticed at first). But repairers felt the need to replace all of them 1 month shipping wait. further 1 month wait for the radar sensor. then a month for MG to sort it. So much for modern EV cars, "lol" the offending Mazda was probably back on the road in a week

I feel your pain. I have mine back and it 's good but in the back of my mind is will I replace it with another MG. I'm approaching 2 years of the lease and with some cars I'll need to start ordering a replacement car soon, if I want to swap in a years time!

 

[Mitch AC DC]

I feel your pain. I have mine back and it 's good but in the back of my mind is will I replace it with another MG. I'm approaching 2 years of the lease and with some cars I'll need to start ordering a replacement car soon, if I want to swap in a years time!

I doubt if the repair wait timescale, is MG only, most new cars are all imports now!, so probably all have a shipping parts wait!. I still think the 5 is a good car, especially for the price.
Incidentally just had its 1st service £98 includes AA recovery in price.