Major and minor things that could possibly be solved through an update

[diwat123]

Honestly, I’ve looked at just about every review/posting, since taking delivery of mine. I’m a bit sad like that. It was included in one, but I can’t remember which.
When I have a moment, I’ll have a search.

Thank you, no worries. I was just curious to see if you had any additional insights directly from MG.

 

[zshybrid]

Hi, in the thread linked below, there is talk about the updates that cars have at the moment.

Mg zs hibrido opiniones - Página 4 Foro MG ZS

Club - Grupo MG ZS

www.foroclub.es

 

[FromParis]

Hi, In this thread talks about the updates that cars have at the moment.

Mg zs hibrido opiniones - Página 4 Foro MG ZS

Club - Grupo MG ZS

www.foroclub.es

 

[BrettP]

We have a demo MG3 Hybrid+ (whilst awaiting ZS Hybrid+ to be delivered) & have noticed a few niggles:

(1) When phone plugged in, can't control temp/fan...probably the most annoying thing we encountered.
(2) When initially driving, the brakes are VERY grabby.
(3) When travelling around 65/70 kmph & you lift your foot off the accelerator, the engine makes a sort of vibrating sound...like it can't decide whether to use the petrol engine still?
(4) When the fuel level is nearing empty, it often goes from indicating you've got 70-100km still left to go, then it just goes blank, with orange fuel light...would be useful if it still let you know how many kms you could travel on remaining fuel/EV engine, before totally dying.
(5) Would be good to have a bi-fold seat, as we have to take out both baby seats to get anything large/long in the boot.
(6) The car should automatically turn-off after idling for a long time. The other day, I went out to the car to get something & found that I'd inadvertently left it on for 5hrs...with aircon/headlights on.
(7) Front warning sensor noise/beeps would be handy when parking in a tight spot...maybe that will come the new ZS top spec model we've ordered?
(8) Overtaking up hill, it takes its time to get going/choose gear...but on the flat/downhill, it's nippy

 

[David38]

Well this a UK group and thus we have ZS Hybrid UK spec. models.
Only No. 7 can I comment on and bleeps not needed as it has a 360 camera.

 

[Lola]

It is, just as described before, that around 140ish km/h, as long as you are using active cruise control(the lane centering is not available above 130, so then MG Pilot basically becomes ACC), the gear box will not use top gear, at least is very reluctant to do so. Which means that instead of a little over 3.000 rpm, which the engine revs without using cruise control, it will rev somewhere below 5.000, with all the noise and consumption associated with that. Generally with MG Pilot the car seems to hang on more to lower gears, but at this speed it is really obvious. Especially given that without MG Pilot, the "normal torque converter gearbox" in the ZS is way less prone to droning rev ups at slightest press of the pedal compared to eCVTs used in say Toyotas.

Given 90% of my driving is city highways or urban commute, and I've had the car little over a month, I don't have much experience with MG pilot on our Autobahn so far, but 140ish is what traffic tends to travel in Austria, certainly at some point the cruise will have to go into top gear as speeds above probably 150/60 would run out of revs for sure, but that would quickly become expensive here (also, the ZS seems to have a very precise speedo, like very little difference to GPSS speed, bare in mind when passing speed cameras). And below 120, the electric engine is supporting, so probably less of an issue in total, so I guess that is why the 140 Speed window seems so prominent.

It really seems like some miscommunication between cruise control and gear box at some points/rev ranges, that should easily be fixed with an update (hopefully). Given the petrol engine alone has it's maximum torque at 4.500 rpm, probably cruise always wants maximum acceleration available (which would be at max. torque), but that is certainly not necessary when cruising at a steady speed.

In Australia the highest speed limit is 110kph & that's only in certain places. I'm not going to experience your problems but may l ask how confident you are at driving at high speeds and trusting auto cruise? I hit a puddle at 100kph in auto cruise on my other car and it nearly threw me clean off the road. I guess it's more sensitive today and would turn itself off?