Wot MG! No service book?

[Whoopedoodaa]

Every vehicle I've had in the past has come with a service book, mainly all duly stamped, dated and mileage recorded at each service time. To me, it's an indication of the previous owners' care for the vehicle. The printed service book lists the service intervals along with a checklist of the service involved.
With my new MG3 Hybrid, there's no such stampable service book. So in years to come I'll have to tell any prospective buyer "Sorry no hard-backed service book history is available for this car! Whoa! I wonder what they'll think of that?
I feel as though it is a case of - Here's your car now go and get on with it, as I float off into the distance!
Does anyone else have any feelings about this lack of documentation?

 

[Bricktop X PWR]

It's just the modern way.

All the prospective buyer will need is the registration so they can call the dealer and confirm work done.

Make sure when you do have a service you ask for a proper invoice, that way you can still keep an accurate record and hard copy proof of work done.

 

[Deleted member 19052]

actually no more paper notebooks.
on the ioniq5 (which I owned before) and on the mg4 of Madame ditto.
For the mg4 and I think also for the mg3 you can go to the site: https://rmi.mgmotor.eu/#/user-client/index
and with the vin code see and print the various maintenance and inspections of the vehicle.
less paper = good for the planet.
and as VERY rightly said "bricktop". the invoice is authentic.

 

[Hybrid Ann]

Most new cars now have all gone digital.

 

[salty]

If you really wanted to, get a service book off fleabay, about 3 quid. And get them to stamp and date it for you. But do get detailed invoices, to back up the work done. ??

 

[Whoopedoodaa]

It's just the modern way.

All the prospective buyer will need is the registration so they can call the dealer and confirm work done.

Make sure when you do have a service you ask for a proper invoice, that way you can still keep an accurate record and hard copy proof of work done.

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Hi Bricktop. Thanks for posting. It does give me some comfort to see what work they will be undertaking when my service time comes.

 

[mgpooter]

Yes we all need a proper owners handbook don't we. Before I even ordered mine I phoned MG head office asking about the possibility of a proper manual and was promised one there and then and it would be posted to me when they arrived. That was May '24...
At least we can download the whole thing but it can be impossible to remember what it said once outside again while poking at that screen - again! (Forget mobiles with their tiny characters) This is made almost impossible as you cannot drive the car to see the result and we have probably mucked up a previous setting with no idea how to get it back! Seems those salesman are not far wrong saying we should fiddle around and get used to it. Or is it just old me?

 

[rjhfandclf]

For the mg4 and I think also for the mg3 you can go to the site: https://rmi.mgmotor.eu/#/user-client/index
and with the vin code see and print the various maintenance and inspections of the vehicle.

Interesting ... but can one register with MG EU in respect of a UK-registered MG4? ... and will they have the VIN recorded for a UK car?

 

[Slipstream]

Interesting ... but can one register with MG EU in respect of a UK-registered MG4? ... and will they have the VIN recorded for a UK car?

Exactly that's for EU vehicles only.