I am not usually one to publicly air my grievances, but this is getting a bit ridiculous so I though I should get the forums take on this and maybe someone at Morgan will see it and will respond.

So the situation is this; my 2012 M3W had the original compensator replaced with the Centa unit last spring at the cost of $4126.26 USD. Barely 13 months/700 miles later I find a pool of oil under the M3W in my garage, have the M3W picked up by the dealership for repairs only to be told that the oil leak is from a bad seal at the back of the engine, $3730.03 is the estimate to fix it, and it will be completed in roughly 2 weeks.

Today I email the dealership to inquire about the status of the work as it has been about 2 weeks, when I am told "Morgan has been slow to respond to a manufacturing defect we found. The sealing area on the centa drive was never machine polished from the factory. This is the reason we rear main seals have failed." Apparently I, and many others, were sold a detective part and now that it has failed Morgan REFUSES to cover the repair. I was told that this is at least the third M3W that has been in to the dealership for this issue this spring. Who knows how long until I need to spend more money to have this seal replaced again, this just seems absurd to me.

Is this something I should be bending over and taking, because it sure doesn't feel that way to me?


Last edited by Mi3Wheeler; 15/03/17 06:42 PM. Reason: Adjust thread title

Charlie, Former Editor
Morgan Owners Group - Great Lakes