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New Cars with cracks in the Headlight cowls...
The attached photos were taken of the headlight cowls on a brand new 2013 +4 after the car was parked in the sun for an hour.
Both headlight cowls developed a split in the same place along the join to the body big enough to slide a credit card into. When we examined the car a few day later in the cool of the evening the crack had substantially closed. Morgan claim it is to do with heat and humidity – sounds reasonable.
There have been 3 new Morgans (+4, and Roadster) in Australia so far with the same problem.
No doubt heat is a major contributor but if this can happen on a mild autumn morning in Sydney, I hate to think what may happen when we get some real heat.
As the northern hemisphere moves into summer (hopefully soon) this may be a real watch point for all owners of new Morgan cars.
Has anyone had any experience with this?
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Secret message? Part Morse Code?  E ? You're not really from Yorkshire are you OZ ?
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Errrr sorry boys - I did mess up that post, may be just as well ...---...---...---  . / -... -.-- / --. ..- -- A Morgan Identified Fastidious Owner
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You are right on the money - Its not the issue so much but how it's fixed - I have been waiting some time for a response from Morgan to my letter regarding the warranty repair of my car or a response to phone messages.  And the wait continues...  A Morgan Identified Fastidious Owner...
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Well there has been some hot weather lately and I have not heard of any further problems. It is interesting to see everyone checking their cars if they have been left in the sun - but there is a lot of summer to come in this part of the world.  The Sydney one has been fixed and the owner is most relieved. I was with him when we discovered the problem. The poor guy was shattered, as you would be after spending around A$ 120,000 to have this happen.  There were however other Morgan drivers with us to console him.  Eventually got some colour back in his face and a normal heart rate.... Interesting to see what happens with new Morgans in the Northern Hemisphere. It there much welding or glue in a 3 wheeler? 'Morgan claim it's to do with the heat'? And?
And this shouldn't have happened and we'll put it right? What are they doing about it?
We've all had cars in high temperatures - this doesn't happen.
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43 in Adelaide and 41 in Melbourne forcast for tomorrow will be a real test for this problem... The attached photos were taken of the headlight cowls on a brand new 2013 +4 after the car was parked in the sun for an hour.
Both headlight cowls developed a split in the same place along the join to the body big enough to slide a credit card into. When we examined the car a few day later in the cool of the evening the crack had substantially closed. Morgan claim it is to do with heat and humidity – sounds reasonable.
There have been 3 new Morgans (+4, and Roadster) in Australia so far with the same problem.
No doubt heat is a major contributor but if this can happen on a mild autumn morning in Sydney, I hate to think what may happen when we get some real heat.
As the northern hemisphere moves into summer (hopefully soon) this may be a real watch point for all owners of new Morgan cars.
Has anyone had any experience with this?
A Morgan Identified Fastidious Owner...
2011 4/4 Bespoke, 1981 Delorean, Auburn Boat Tail
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Morgan seems to always say the abnormal is normal.
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Talking of cracks, the windscreen issue seems to have died out now. I wonder if it was just down to a bad batch of glass?
Jays
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Talking of cracks, the windscreen issue seems to have died out now. I wonder if it was just down to a bad batch of glass? Wasn't that resolved with a pillar re-design?
Richard
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Looks like another absolute stinker for the southern states today - 40+ all round... 
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