jdavies414
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Just had second service (17,064 odometer reading) on my MG EV, and, at top of the Vehicle Health Check Report (hatched in RED) was Immediate Attention required for Front & Rear Brakes.
Front Brake Pads 10.0mm Remaining Front brake discs lipped and recommended replacement when pads are due
Rear Brakes - discs pitted
Price for this was £804.62
I was told at collection 'don't worry about it yet .... just letting you know' So why IMMEDIATE attention with 10mm remaining on pads (which is almost as new thickness)?
I expect IMMEDIATE ATTENTION to mean RIGHT NOW - not sometime in the future!
Spoke with the service department this morning who confirmed that it was not a major issue, and, was not requiring immediate attention. He advised that they would look to change the manner of how they informed customers in future; suggest perhaps hatch in YELLOW for future action?
He also agreed with me that turning KERS to 1 from current 3 would probably eliminate most, if not all, the corrosion as I would be using the brake pads.
In future I will only use KERS 1 as the cost of replacement discs FAR outweighs the benefit of a few extra KWh's input to battery when using the motor to brake.
Also, as the car is out of warranty (except for the electrical stuff as defined in T&C's) is it ok to use non MG dealer for things like brake pad/disc replacement?
Anyone done this?
Front Brake Pads 10.0mm Remaining Front brake discs lipped and recommended replacement when pads are due
Rear Brakes - discs pitted
Price for this was £804.62
I was told at collection 'don't worry about it yet .... just letting you know' So why IMMEDIATE attention with 10mm remaining on pads (which is almost as new thickness)?
I expect IMMEDIATE ATTENTION to mean RIGHT NOW - not sometime in the future!
Spoke with the service department this morning who confirmed that it was not a major issue, and, was not requiring immediate attention. He advised that they would look to change the manner of how they informed customers in future; suggest perhaps hatch in YELLOW for future action?
He also agreed with me that turning KERS to 1 from current 3 would probably eliminate most, if not all, the corrosion as I would be using the brake pads.
In future I will only use KERS 1 as the cost of replacement discs FAR outweighs the benefit of a few extra KWh's input to battery when using the motor to brake.
Also, as the car is out of warranty (except for the electrical stuff as defined in T&C's) is it ok to use non MG dealer for things like brake pad/disc replacement?
Anyone done this?
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