Recent content by jamherber

We bought our x-power outright from them in 2024 - at the time the time they were easily the best price in the country. On reflection they were also really supportive up until MG UK blocked the vibration rejection, so believe what they advertise is genuine.

When we tried to reject our new X-Power in April 2024 due to the infamous vibration issue, the dealer we purchased it from gave us an almost new MG5 as a courtesy car (I did have to point out that despite MG being a 'budget' brand, a car with a RRP of £38k should have reasonable support in the...

We found a definite improvement when the dealer fitted Michelin Primacy tyres. Swapped to Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 a couple of months ago - fantastic performance tyre but vibrations were back compared the EV spec Primacy's they replaced.

Push for replacement tyres. Their master MG tech is Mark Franks who is a top guy (he is unofficially disgusted with how MG UK have treated their x-power customers with the vibration issue). I suspect MG UK will now no longer be funding this though, since rolling out their 'acceptable...

Hendy MG Poole changed all 4 of our tyres for some much better Michelins free of charge when we complained about the vibration issues but in 2024. Only had the stock tyres on for 200 miles but that was plenty - you don't realise how bad they are until you change! The tyres did improve the...

Was told by our dealers master tech (who understandably I’m on first name terms now lol) that MG Uk stopped funding any software updates during PDI in 2023, so whatever version the car is shipped with, will remain on there. If it is pre R63, then you’ll have flag the issues with the dealer...

Personally I would go with a low mileage pre-reg car - at least then a buyer would have the opportunity to test drive it and see if they have a 'good' one (ie no vibes). Going for new, if you get one with bad vibrations, then you've either got a legal battle to reject or have to live with it...

It's not quite that black and white though as various harmonics may be coming into play as the rotational speed increases which can actually result in vibration reducing at higher speeds, particularly with a relatively high frequency vibration such as the one we are experiencing. My personal...

I know of one other person that successfully went through the rejection route about 11 months back. He had to commission an independent report and threaten legal action but eventually the lease company gave in, gave him a full refund of fees to date and with a bit more pressure, paid the £1.2k...

General consensus seems to be cars manufactured 2024 onwards seem to generate less complaints (although there are still some). Trouble is, they aren't big sellers so often cars registered up to late 2024 can actually still have a manufacture date of 2023. The Certificate of Conformity will show...

Great to hear. Sadly not the case with our car as dealer put 4 new tyres on at 200 miles and tried a set of wheels from another car but the vibration remained, so it wasn’t flat spots for us (I believe many dealers did the same but to no avail)

Spirited drive you say? My spirited drives result in an efficiency of less than 2.1! :ROFLMAO:

It's been ages since the group litigation started and all gone very quiet so I'm wondering if it's still going ahead? I believe in some of Bricktop's last posts a few months back that he said he would be handing the car back this month so was hoping the litigation bore fruit soon before that point.

Not part of the group action but I believe Bricktop's car was due to be returned this September and he certainly wasn't intending to get another MG if memory serves

Out of interest, what was the date of manufacture of your car?