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spot on les great infoGave my wife’s MG4 it’s first clean yesterday I must say it is not the easiest car I have ever washed.
There are lots of nooks and crannies to get your sponge into, and the black at the bottom of the doors
on the sills and the sills inside the the door frame apertures, where pretty dirty plus the front and rear black trims also, but I have done others almost as bad over the years black is not the easiest colour to keep clean in my opinion
So now for the word of warning, some of you that have been reading this forum for some while will remember that when the MG5 came, back in 2020, that a few people damaged the paint work on the rear edge of the bonnet, this happen by trying to lift the wiper blades off the screen while washing their cars, without first putting the wipers into the service position.
Well the MG4 is the same you need to place the wipers in the service position if you want to lift them off the screen to clean it, the wiper blades or the wiper arms.
I know a lot of you will know this, especially if you have had the MG5 for a while but, there will be new owners out there both new to the MG4 and to MG cars also, who may not so that is why I have done this posting.
Les
In the hand book page 301 it attempts to tell what to do but just in case your unsure here is what you need to do
Sit in the car touch the brake pedal to wake the car up and the home screen will light up.
View attachment 12238
So now you press the Car icon bottom right see my pointer
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Press that and the drive mode screen will come up.
View attachment 12240
At the top you will see the Saftey icon on the right hand side. See my pointer again.
View attachment 12241
Press the saftey icon and then the saftey screen comes on
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So on the saftey screen press the power off button
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And then push the wiper control stalk down once within a few seconds and the Wipers will come up to the drivers side and stop there vertical on the screen, and then in that position you can lift the wipers off the screen for cleaning or changing if you need too.
Now just one other warning be sure to lay the wipers back down on the screen before you get back into the car reason being when you get in if you just touch the brake pedal the car will wake up and the wipers will go down again to there rest position and very probably damage the paint on the bonnet and probably the wiper arms as well so wipers flat on the screen be for you do a thing else.
You have been warned.
But I Hope this might be of some help to some of you.
Les
Yeh I sure it does try and see switch off the car and then inside 20 seconds flick the wiper switch down once they should come up vertical in front of the drive and stop there now in that position you can lift them of the screen for cleaning or changing but IPORTANT be sure to lay them down on the screen again before you touch that wiper switch again hope this helps.Does this also work for mg5 long range 72 plate (not facelift)
Cheers for that I noticed it's a very simple procedure to the mg4 which one has to menu huntYeh I sure it does try and see switch off the car and then inside 20 seconds flick the wiper switch down once they should come up vertical in front of the drive and stop there now in that position you can lift them of the screen for cleaning or changing but IPORTANT be sure to lay them down on the screen again before you touch that wiper switch again hope this helps.
Les
Just for curiosity...many cars have wipers than freewheel on the shafts when engine is off and you can just move them up and away from the bonnet and lift them away from the screen to wash it. Is this not the case with the MG4 or are they unable to be moved on the shafts?Yeh I sure it does try and see switch off the car and then inside 20 seconds flick the wiper switch down once they should come up vertical in front of the drive and stop there now in that position you can lift them of the screen for cleaning or changing but IPORTANT be sure to lay them down on the screen again before you touch that wiper switch again hope this helps.
Les
Never heard of that, are you sure it is 'many'?Just for curiosity...many cars have wipers than freewheel on the shafts when engine is off and you can just move them up and away from the bonnet and lift them away from the screen to wash it. Is this not the case with the MG4 or are they unable to be moved on the shafts?
My wife’s Volvo XC60 does this, useful when washing not that she would know that ?Never heard of that, are you sure it is 'many'?
No they are not. and I have never heard of freewheeling wipersJust for curiosity...many cars have wipers than freewheel on the shafts when engine is off and you can just move them up and away from the bonnet and lift them away from the screen to wash it. Is this not the case with the MG4 or are they unable to be moved on the shafts?
Are they not an American BMX display team?No they are not. and I have never heard of freewheeling wipers
Les
Yes, but I am talking about ICE cars, especially Fords, not really sure about EV's.Never heard of that, are you sure it is 'many'?
You can move the wiper arms up and down with some cars because the pivots/shafts whatever that they are mounted to freewheel or turn with the engine off. Don't ask me why.No they are not. and I have never heard of freewheeling wipers
Les
I wish i had seen this post before giving my MG4 its first was this weekend.Gave my wife’s MG4 it’s first clean yesterday I must say it is not the easiest car I have ever washed.
There are lots of nooks and crannies to get your sponge into, and the black at the bottom of the doors
on the sills and the sills inside the the door frame apertures, where pretty dirty plus the front and rear black trims also, but I have done others almost as bad over the years black is not the easiest colour to keep clean in my opinion
So now for the word of warning, some of you that have been reading this forum for some while will remember that when the MG5 came, back in 2020, that a few people damaged the paint work on the rear edge of the bonnet, this happen by trying to lift the wiper blades off the screen while washing their cars, without first putting the wipers into the service position.
Well the MG4 is the same you need to place the wipers in the service position if you want to lift them off the screen to clean it, the wiper blades or the wiper arms.
I know a lot of you will know this, especially if you have had the MG5 for a while but, there will be new owners out there both new to the MG4 and to MG cars also, who may not so that is why I have done this posting.
Les
In the hand book page 301 it attempts to tell what to do but just in case your unsure here is what you need to do
Sit in the car touch the brake pedal to wake the car up and the home screen will light up.
View attachment 12238
So now you press the Car icon bottom right see my pointer
View attachment 12239
Press that and the drive mode screen will come up.
View attachment 12240
At the top you will see the Saftey icon on the right hand side. See my pointer again.
View attachment 12241
Press the saftey icon and then the saftey screen comes on
View attachment 12242
So on the saftey screen press the power off button
View attachment 12243
And then push the wiper control stalk down once within a few seconds and the Wipers will come up to the drivers side and stop there vertical on the screen, and then in that position you can lift the wipers off the screen for cleaning or changing if you need too.
Now just one other warning be sure to lay the wipers back down on the screen before you get back into the car reason being when you get in if you just touch the brake pedal the car will wake up and the wipers will go down again to there rest position and very probably damage the paint on the bonnet and probably the wiper arms as well so wipers flat on the screen be for you do a thing else.
You have been warned.
But I Hope this might be of some help to some of you.
Les
I've had the same thing on two other cars from different manufacturers than MG. This is common and I don't think it reflects on MG's paint, it is the fact that the bonnet has a sharp edge and so the paint is very weak at that point and the hard metal of the wipers is very abrasive. Although the paint will be softer when new, which doesn't help.I wish i had seen this post before giving my MG4 its first was this weekend.
i lifted the bracket as i would on any other car in the world to wipe the blade, the metal arm made the faintest of touches on the bonnet lip and now im missing about 1cm of paint and it went down to bare metal!!!!!!!. The paint is also the thinnest coat i have ever seen on a car so this is clearly 1 area where MG saved on material to bring the cost down
Yes, this is exactly what happened to me with my Golf and a Qashqai before that. Tiniest touch and 1cm of paint came off the edge. I think it is common though I think manufacturers should mechanically prevent the wipers from striking the bonnet.the metal wiper arm barely touched it, it didnt scrape it and there was almost no force.
If the bonnet edge is too sharp and this happens a lot then its a minor design fault, and hopefully they will correct it in later models.
But im certain the majority of owners will end up with paint missing on the bonnet after the first wash!