Content by spicyau in January, 2026

Whatever gets things moving! While I'm glad the parts are now inbound, I believe they're going to repair the issue with the stator in the drive motor, rather than replace the motor assembly entirely. Given the misdiagnosis the first time it happened, I'm not confident that they've fully...

As an update, after calling the MG Australia direct phone number per my previous comment, I received an email on Friday advising that the replacement parts were due to be dispatched from China on Saturday. They've promised a further update once the parts arrive in Australia sometime this week...

Followed up with the dealership who advised they're awaiting a "strap" to be delivered (presumably a grounding strap). The part is on backorder and nobody can provide an ETA. Also, for anyone else who finds this thread via Google, I noticed that MG Australia have recently published a new phone...

I have a feeling whatever they did the first time around simply masked the underlying hardware issue, it seems too coincidental that the faults occurred almost exactly 2000km apart. And yes the wait for parts is incredibly frustrating given how many brand new S5's I can see are in stock at...

Hi all, I'm a new member to this forum - I was inspired to join after seeing how active the discussions around the MG S5 are compared to some of the other social media groups I am a member of. I wanted to share my experience with a recurring motor fault in my MG S5 (Essence 62kW) that has...