Wheel Oxidisation/Discolouration

[Soundman]

Anyone experienced discolouration/oxidisation of the wheels on their HS PHEV? Mine is 6 months old with 3750 miles on the clock and the rear offside wheel is badly discoloured/marked as can be seen in the attached photographs. It’s only that one wheel - the others all appear o k at this time which would tend to suggest that it’s a manufacturing defect. Had the same problem on all 4 wheels of my previous Honda CR-V which were replaced under warranty. Hoping MG take a similar view!

 

[HStrophyPHEV2025rc]

I had something relatively similar occur on my old Nissan X-trail. Someone once told me that it was likely that the automatic car wash (that I frequently used) caused it, but I have no proof of that.
=> I now rarely use automatic car washes, and instead go back to the good old-fashioned washing-it-by-hand-myself routine. Gives me modest exercise, so I reckon it's a win-win for me.

However, my damage was more-or-less constant on all 4 wheels.
=> I agree that if it only occurs on one of your wheels then it does look like something specific to that wheel.

 

[MG Clive]

To me, that's clearly a manufacturing defect @Soundman, and it should definitely be replaced under warranty, good luck.

 

[Soundman]

Thanks for the replies - I’ll keep you posted!

 

[Noel]

On mine, delivered Nov 25, the front N/S is exactly the same. The Dealership order a replacement, but only discovered that it was ‘damaged’ after removing the wheel and taking the tyre off!!
They have ordered a replacement, which is going to be fitted on Friday Feb 27th. Fingers crossed.

 

[Soundman]

It would appear to be a bit of a common problem as when I visited the local dealership I was told that I was the third HS they had seen in a week with exactly the same problem!

Indeed, they were somewhat surprised that it was only 1 of the wheels as the other vehicles had 3 and 4 affected respectively.

Am waiting for a call back from them to have a replacement wheel fitted so can’t complain too much at the moment.