Problems with non-MG EVs

[Bam Bam]

This came up on my Facebook feed and it got me thinking we should note that all brands seem to be having problems with quality and consistency lately.

The ID4 is one of the biggest selling EVs in the world, and the biggest selling that isn't a Tesla or Chinese.

 

[5teep]

Anecdotally, the company I work for has leased a couple of VW EVs in the past 3 years and had major software issues with both of them. To the extent that now they simply will not lease one again.

 

[salty]

Think most of us know MG isn't the only EV, that suffers from faults, on some cars.
But obviously being an MG EV forum we mostly only hear about MGs. And to be fair that's all the owners of those, faulty MGs are bothered about. Good to see the above posts or similar though. At least it shows that it's not only MGs, that suffer from faults, not by any means. Wonder how VW UK and the Dealers, deal with the problems, though.
Better than MG UK, i hope.

 

[Anon70]

Problems with cars are not limited to EVs or any one brand. Off the top of my head the issues I have read about are Kia and Hyundai CCU (charing unit ) failures across all models (mostly Ioniq 5 and EV6). Porsche Taycan (again first gen) numerous battery issues including Porsche sending letter to owners telling them not to park next to the house as there might be a fire hazard. VW numerous software issues with early ID3 and ID Buzz.

In fact if you can find any car manufacturer ICE or EV that has never had a production issue I would be amazed.

It is not so much the issues but how dealers and manufacturers treat customers once they are informed of the issue that differentiates a good or bad customer experience.

 

[Caramaddy]

Early VW EV's were a nightmare for owners. My cousin has a Merc EQC as a company car - he and a colleague have both had new motors fitted at around 100,000 miles. Fortunately under warranty, otherwise a £6000 plus job he reckons.