busta999
Standard Member
Finally, the MG ZS EV arrived on Tuesday.
I have purchased many new cars in my life and this is the one that got me excited.
On Tuesday and Wednesday studied the manual and took it out for drives to acclimatise us.
More critical because of my Mother’s 97th birthday party on Saturday 120 miles cross country or 170 along motorways.
Did all the planning, the Motorway was the safer choice in case we needed a charge. But according to the book if we go cross country we can get there and back on one charge.
The hotel (£300 a night for this special occasion would let us plug in. So that will take off the pressure.
Allowed 4 hours for a 3 hour drive to arrive for lunch.
Set off and the first 40 miles on a Motorway.
The Cruise control would not engage, the light on the dashboard was yellow and ready to go. The dashboard cheerfully declared no issue or errors.
But the cruise control would not engage.
Turn off, turn back on.
Still won’t engage.
Pulled over ‘rebooted’ the car.
No change
Pulled out manual on my car.
Everything checks out, everything is good just press the button on the end of the stalk and
Nope
So carried reading manual, this is a three hour drive and really want the cruise to work.
But alas, no joy.
Even tried the entertainment system reboot
No joy
Called the MG dealership - no use
Drive to dealership, they were confident it was driver error right up until, ‘The cruise control won’t turn on’
So now left 1 hour further away from my destination now having to do a 4 hour journey in 2:20 mins on the motorway way because now we will have to recharge.
It is funny that the greater the expectation the greater disappointment when it fudges up.
The MG dealer I got the car from declared this is an MG issue not a dealership issue and I need to take it up with the MG UK.
So now forced to do a long drive, arriving very late, without the use of cruise control.
Extra bonus is that CarPlay is playing up, Google Maps keeps going blank and the MG display keeps going off to the recharge screen on its own
This feels like a lemon.
First impressions of the MG ZS EV - sketchy and unreliable.
A massive disappointment.
On Monday when I get back decide what I need to do about it.
At the moment suffering massive regret at the purchase.
I have purchased many new cars in my life and this is the one that got me excited.
On Tuesday and Wednesday studied the manual and took it out for drives to acclimatise us.
More critical because of my Mother’s 97th birthday party on Saturday 120 miles cross country or 170 along motorways.
Did all the planning, the Motorway was the safer choice in case we needed a charge. But according to the book if we go cross country we can get there and back on one charge.
The hotel (£300 a night for this special occasion would let us plug in. So that will take off the pressure.
Allowed 4 hours for a 3 hour drive to arrive for lunch.
Set off and the first 40 miles on a Motorway.
The Cruise control would not engage, the light on the dashboard was yellow and ready to go. The dashboard cheerfully declared no issue or errors.
But the cruise control would not engage.
Turn off, turn back on.
Still won’t engage.
Pulled over ‘rebooted’ the car.
No change
Pulled out manual on my car.
Everything checks out, everything is good just press the button on the end of the stalk and
Nope
So carried reading manual, this is a three hour drive and really want the cruise to work.
But alas, no joy.
Even tried the entertainment system reboot
No joy
Called the MG dealership - no use
Drive to dealership, they were confident it was driver error right up until, ‘The cruise control won’t turn on’
So now left 1 hour further away from my destination now having to do a 4 hour journey in 2:20 mins on the motorway way because now we will have to recharge.
It is funny that the greater the expectation the greater disappointment when it fudges up.
The MG dealer I got the car from declared this is an MG issue not a dealership issue and I need to take it up with the MG UK.
So now forced to do a long drive, arriving very late, without the use of cruise control.
Extra bonus is that CarPlay is playing up, Google Maps keeps going blank and the MG display keeps going off to the recharge screen on its own
This feels like a lemon.
First impressions of the MG ZS EV - sketchy and unreliable.
A massive disappointment.
On Monday when I get back decide what I need to do about it.
At the moment suffering massive regret at the purchase.