MG4 Reduction Gearbox Oil Leak

[Deleted member 10041]

I don't understand why the overlap isn't front panel over back, then any bulge won't be a muck catcher

 

[AndyL61]

Thead back on track lol.

And there we have it.....

Leaking, only 40 miles on the clock, oil level reduced but no new breather fitted.

Also got a bulge.

Popping into dealers tomorrow afternoon to see them.

That's a big one! (the bulge obviously).

 

[BugEyed]

Then hopefully there is not a rainbow under your car...

Unless there's a crock of gold with it.

 

[the briggie]

Look in the bulge..somewhere over the rainbow.....

 

[BugEyed]

Perhaps the leprechauns use the bulge as a doorway?

 

[siteguru]

Perhaps the leprechauns use the bulge as a doorway?

.. to Brigadoon?

 

[Ayoull]

That bulge is by design!! Ridiculous from the dealer that came out with that

It's air brakes like on an aeroplane

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

Reminds me of this one. "I started out with nothing and I've still got most of it left".

We know a song about that, don't we children?

 

[MG4onOrder]

I direct tweeted MG UK asking about the oil leak before I take delivery. They replied that this was a common issue in the first run of orders due to overfilling of certain components. They said as far as they are aware this has been resolved as they have been monitoring all social channels and haven't seen any reports for quite a while. Perhaps tweeting MG UK about the ongoing issue for those experiencing it is the way forward?

 

[BugEyed]

Nothing to see here, move along.

 

[Alb]

It's pushing things a bit to claim you monitor all social channels. Perhaps they claim due diligence by monitoring a "sample" online forum for reports of MG4 issues and found there weren't any. Of course the "sample" forum could have been a Tesla one so that wouldn't be a great surprise
It would be encouraging if they claimed to watch this specific forum.

 

[tsedge]

Please note that the Oil Leak poll seems to have been removed from the pinned threads list. I am not sure why, but you may need to search for it to find it in future.

 

[WalkingBootWeather]

It's pushing things a bit to claim you monitor all social channels. Perhaps they claim due diligence by monitoring a "sample" online forum for reports of MG4 issues and found there weren't any. Of course the "sample" forum could have been a Tesla one so that wouldn't be a great surprise
It would be encouraging if they claimed to watch this specific forum.

But these issues often don't even get mentioned on the MG Podcast. I don't want the brand or cars to be pilloried, but to pretend these are not real issues for some owners is at best disingenuous.

 

[AdamskiEM]

Just spoken to my dealer - car is in for bulge amongst other things (I’ve got no leak yet, but haven’t even done 100 miles yet!)

Apparently they’ve finally decided/been told to fit the new breather on every car. However, instead of being sent say 30x, they have to book each car in, and then raise a request with MG to send the part… seems just such a waste of time and just add more delays while the car is at the garage… oh well, at least they’re proactively replacing now.

 

[Alb]

That sounds monstrously inefficient. You'd think they would at least want to minimise their own overheads.

 

[pd2]

That’s mine booked in next Thursday (8th) to get the leak “looked” at.

Bear in mind this is less than 48 hours after collection and 40 miles on the clock! (And 9 of those were on it when I collected it).

They said they know of the issue but haven’t had one back yet with a leak to look at! Don’t believe that for a minute, considering the size of the garage (Arnold Clark Linwood), and that I mentioned to one of the sales guys weeks ago that there demo car and another (possibly customers) car in the car park were both leaking!!

Was advised it’s fine to drive.

Also highlighted that I’ve had an “Auto Hold Malfunction” error pop up twice when staring the car, although it is working and the dreaded bulge.

I could have had it in earlier, but need the courtesy car due to shifts.

 

[Deleted member 10041]

2 days 31 miles, how poor is that, hopefully they do more than look at it, and actually order the part in and fix it

 

[Mars6394]

That’s mine booked in next Thursday (8th) to get the leak “looked” at.

Bear in mind this is less than 48 hours after collection and 40 miles on the clock! (And 9 of those were on it when I collected it).

They said they know of the issue but haven’t had one back yet with a leak to look at! Don’t believe that for a minute, considering the size of the garage (Arnold Clark Linwood), and that I mentioned to one of the sales guys weeks ago that there demo car and another (possibly customers) car in the car park were both leaking!!

Was advised it’s fine to drive.

Also highlighted that I’ve had an “Auto Hold Malfunction” error pop up twice when staring the car, although it is working and the dreaded bulge.

I could have had it in earlier, but need the courtesy car due to shifts.

I keep getting auto hold Error also did they tell you why this was happening?. I also have the oil leak booked in for 6th December also to look at auto hold issue

 

[AdamskiEM]

Just spoken to my dealer - car is in for bulge amongst other things (I’ve got no leak yet, but haven’t even done 100 miles yet!)

Apparently they’ve finally decided/been told to fit the new breather on every car. However, instead of being sent say 30x, they have to book each car in, and then raise a request with MG to send the part… seems just such a waste of time and just add more delays while the car is at the garage… oh well, at least they’re proactively replacing now.

Update: Probably not going to have the part until next week!! The delays on getting this are insane.. In the meantime I'm driving a huge courtesy car instead of enjoying my new one!

 

[Bonny 865]

My 4 se was supposed to be having the breather done this week but it seems like it's taking longer to get hold of for some reason getting a bit fed up of all the oil on my drive hope they get it soon