Just picked up my MG3 Hybrid Essence and found the same thing. Its horrible and occurs between 40 - 70 kmph which is exactly the speed range where you'd want the sunroof open. Definitely a cheap-arse Chinese design issue. Needs a wind deflector thing to pop up or something when sunroof is full open, like my old BMW had. Seems it's the airflow entering the cavity that the sunroof retracts into. I found it stopped when i closed it about 6 inches or so. Not a great fix. Will have a mighty whinge when i take it back to the dealership for its 1000klm check.
Seems there are. Will whinge so the dealer has to put one on for me i think. Either that or ill "rip his bloody arms off" as Aunty Jack would say
You have a 1000 km check ?
Your dealership will just say it's a chararistic of the car just like the bull s.... For the engine over revving on inclines etc ? Good luck though hopefully can do something maybe wrap the car in cling film
Yes dealer does a 1000klm check over, I guess to make sure no problems have suddenly appeared in a new vehicle. Next after that is as per service manual.
Is it really overrevving though? Or just high revs you're not used to? I had the 2023 MG3 previously and it was gutless up hills and had to be absolutely flogged. Traded it in on this new one because the engine had been worked hard with all the steep hills near where i live. It would rev its guts out just to try to hold speed on hills. This new hybrid is much better on the hills with the electric torque.Your dealership will just say it's a chararistic of the car just like the bull s.... For the engine over revving on inclines etc ? Good luck though hopefully can do something maybe wrap the car in cling film
So far its been fine. Nothing worse than the old non hybrid version, in fact much improved. Car is only a few days old so maybe updated already?
Lucky you ? The latest update hasn't been done yet and it's for the zs hybrid first in Australia I had my mg 3 hybrid less than a month and handed it back because the car came to a standstill going up a hill revving at 6000rpm if someone had been behind they would have run into the back of me really safe not , and also because of the seat failure episode and no information regarding the fix the car got handed back , so bought the zs it is slightly better going up hills but it needs improving hence the software updates. Happy motoring
The update hasn't been done yet it's just getting rolled out in Australia New Zealand now for the mg zs hybrid so won't be happening in the UK till next year.The question has been asked if and when is it getting rolled out for the mg 3 hybrid? I've contacted MG UK but the usual no reply, my opinion both the mgzs and mg3 hybrids should never have been released with this dodgy engine gearbox issues.thats my opinion.
wow thats pretty crazy. Did this happen every time up hill or straight away or ??? Im about to take it for another run up some very steep hills today and i do that about once a week so hopefully it never happens to me. I thought the seat failure was old news and was fixed hence the higher ANCAP rating now?Lucky you ? The latest update hasn't been done yet and it's for the zs hybrid first in Australia I had my mg 3 hybrid less than a month and handed it back because the car came to a standstill going up a hill revving at 6000rpm if someone had been behind they would have run into the back of me really safe not , and also because of the seat failure episode and no information regarding the fix the car got handed back , so bought the zs it is slightly better going up hills but it needs improving hence the software updates. Happy motoring
The high revving happens on every steep hill on the zs hence this new update. The mg3 s are just getting recalled now for the seat fix . I think cars that were built from October onwards have the modifications best to check with your dealership. Ps that's not cars sold in October because they could have been built in August? Shipping times and all that good stuff.
Ok just took it for a long run with many hills and quite a few times it did the over revving thing. Still held speed though and nowhere near as bad as the non-hybrid I traded in for this one. Its a small engine and only hybrid so I guess it will have high revs at times. A larger engine is really the only thing that will fix that because even the extra gears of the combustion engine only version didn't help it on hills.
