Recent content by CharlieT

Yes indeed. I’ll give MG Portsmouth a go, but unfortunately they’re part of the same group as the truly awful MG Southampton 🤦🏻‍♂️

It’s such a shame. I hate mine so much. With all of its faults you’d think MG would be keen to get them all sorted asap, but like you, both my local dealership and MG UK just fob me off. The customer service is some of the worst I’ve ever experienced in my life. I think they must really scrape...

My experience of MG Southampton (Botley) has been absolutely awful. I didn’t buy the car from them (it’s a fleet car) but as my local dealership it’s where I was told to take it due to an odd air conditioning issue my car has. On hot summer days it sometimes just won’t turn the a/c on. I’ve had...

Have a look at my thread titled ‘Why I hate my MG4’.

Hi Newtali. I also was hoping software updates would solve some of the glitches, but unfortunately my local dealership won't do it under warranty. They want £120 to put a USB in for a short while! Hopefully your local dealer will be more reasonable.

Are people paying to get their software updated, or are your dealers just doing it for you? I wonder if it varies?

Tuareg, I've had the car for 16 months.

I didn’t, but should have… It’s a lease car, so I just called the company that owns it and told them it has a long list of issues (and has done for the 16 months I’ve had it) but MG won’t do anything unless they find a particular fault, or they see a fault code. They’re being brilliant and are...

So in a rage I just phoned MG UK. They confirmed the car is definitely due R59, and R63 should be out soon (if not already). With that information I stormed back into the dealership, and they then said well yes, but we can't do updates under warranty, unless there's a specific fault found that...

Apparently they've plugged it in, and their computer is saying no updates available...

Hi all, I'm in the dealership right now and they're telling me there's no software update available for my car. It's a 2023 plate Trophy last updated in August 2023. Showing R33. Are they telling the truth??

Oh dear. I wasn’t expecting a software update to perhaps make something even worse! 🤦🏻‍♂️

Hi Bam Bam. It’s good to hear that your car hasn’t been too bad overall. I wonder if your car perhaps has the newer, improved software? Hopefully mine will be less awful after next week! 🤞🏻 Maybe your car has a more recent software package. And you’re right that we shouldn’t expect top quality...

Hi Francis. Yes, it's going to Richmond Southampton. I'll certainly report back, once I've had a little time to assess any improvements. It's worrying to hear about your seatbelt not always locking properly. I've actually had that a few times on our old Volvo - a terrifying fault!

An excellent and useful summary, thank you Bricktop. I do hope that the update I should be getting next week will help, as you suggest. And I'm glad the SAIC testers frequent these pages, and why not? What a wonderful world of free analysis! On the de-misting, I never turn the AC off. I suspect...