Saturday, March 8, 2025

Calls electric car life-threatening – MG4 involved in serious accident

Several owners are calling the electronic stability program (ESC) in the Chinese MG4 life-threatening. And now a serious accident has occurred in Sweden.

According to witnesses, a Chinese MG4 recently skidded off a curve and hit a tree. According to the Swedish police investigating the accident, the driver was subsequently trapped behind the wheel and had to be helped free to get to the hospital.

He was treated for serious injuries there. But there are indications that the accident is unfortunately not unique.

Several Swedish media outlets have reported that the ESC system in the MG4 is both poor and unpredictable. According to Carup, several Swedish MG4 owners have complained about more than that. It also turns out that the lane departure warning system has a life of its own.

MG4 owners complain about cars that swerve into oncoming traffic or steer into another lane on their own.

"Those cars should be recalled before there are any fatalities. Their safety is beyond reproach," one owner told the media outlet as recently as last winter.

MG in Sweden states that it is not aware of the new accident. At the same time, Carup can say that nothing has been done about the problems that MG4 owners complained about last year.

Not even though MG in Europe acknowledged to the media that 'some customers feel there is room for improvement in the MG4'.

Recalls – or the lack thereof – are unfortunately nothing new. Earlier this year, Ford received a historically severe penalty for ignoring a recall.

The brand can, the authorities say, avoid paying the last third of the fine if it meets a number of conditions. Read more about them here .

At the same time, Ford holds the record for the most recalls of all car brands in the course of 2024. And in our latitudes, the German answer to the Danish Road Safety Agency, KBA, has discovered that Ford is cheating with a number of diesel engines.

This time it's the particulate filter that's at fault. Authorities believe the filter doesn't meet current regulations. That's why Ford has to replace the filters. Possibly in as many as 769,000 cars.

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