Flood water damage resulting in full battery replacement

[PVperson]

I have replied to your message.

To update everyone else that's interested;

I received a call from the lease company last Thursday and was told that their independent check had suggested manufacturer fault and the car was then taken to MG headquarters where they carried out the required repair work. This was deemed to fall within my maintenance contact with the lease company and therefore it has been done at no cost to myself. I have since collected the car and now finally (after nearly 12 weeks!) have it back in full working order.

I'm trying to get more detail from the lease company on the actual damage and what was deemed to be the cause and then I will be making a formal complaint to the garage and directly to MG. After all the stress and upset they have caused, neither have even shown the decency of offering me an apology. Having now read several other bad reviews about the dealership (PAUL RIGBY MG REDDITCH), I would advise avoiding them at all costs.

Thankfully for myself, the nightmare appears to be over.

I think most problems on MGEVs are manufacturers' faults, apart from the ones which are design faults!!

Not usually, although some automatic car washes have an underbody wash option, it depends how forceful it is I suppose.

I think the key issue in these stories is some kind of physical impact to the battery, in all MGEVs it's very low down, I've grounded on a few occaisions, usually when turning/ pulling on a soft verge with 2 wheels in a dip. All MGEV drivers need to careful not to do this, as, if you hit the battery hard enough, you could crack the aluminium housing, allowing coolant, and/or surface water into the internals of the battery (I should know, I've dismantled one!)