high engine revs

[mandiran]

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.

 

[Noel]

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.

 

[mandiran]

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

 

[DMeine]

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.