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Final update...
Collected my car last Thursday, we stayed in Malvern the day before which was very strange as it was so quiet, they must have lost 90% of their tourism.
The car was handed over by Rob and then Mark Baldwin came out and talked me through what they had done, very nice straight talking man, he did say that my chassis was the worse he had seen! The car now feels so much different, stiffer chassis and the handling is much more precise, i can now take my hands off the wheel at any speed and it stays straight and true, it does feel like a new car. I did ask not to have the NVH kit after reading the conflicting views on T/M but i was told that this was not an option and now i have driven the car for about 500 miles i can honestly say i can not feel or hear any difference. I am very pleased with the car and the service from MMC, i do think they are making a real effort in customer relations which is about time.
Ps anyone want to buy it , i have fallen for the stunning +8 on the for sale page ! Any takers hugo...?
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Great news to hear that is has been sorted!
Still makes me wonder if they will ever recall them in the future, as surely getting a new chassis will be a finite lifespan and if a low miler garage queen has a failure in say a decade or so - then what?
Better safe than sorry I would say.. I think the take home is to go out and drive it  Easier said than done sometimes 
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There are (were) a number of early modern three wheelers in NZ and given Hugo's experience and the cost of shipping I would have thought it made sense (cents) to ship them back to Malvern for replacement chassis and any other current mods whilst the factory is trying to get on top of things and before the directors have a change of heart. There would be no duty to pay either way as only temporary imports to the UK, as the touring three wheelers were here, 18 months ago.
I see the Don is having a go at us for having an outbreak of Covid here-- we have had 269 cases per million people, he has 16,563 per million!
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Any takers hugo...?....none so far.
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There are (were) a number of early modern three wheelers in NZ and given Hugo's experience and the cost of shipping I would have thought it made sense (cents) to ship them back to Malvern for replacement chassis and any other current mods whilst the factory is trying to get on top of things and before the directors have a change of heart. There would be no duty to pay either way as only temporary imports to the UK, as the touring three wheelers were here, 18 months ago.
I see the Don is having a go at us for having an outbreak of Covid here-- we have had 269 cases per million people, he has 16,563 per million! waikiore, I'm aware of what you have been through with some of your M3W's in N.Z. Get those cars sorted before it's too late... ps well done on the COVID management in NZ.
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By the sounds of it the only chassis being replaced are ones already cracked, so presume that is still the case?
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By the sounds of it the only chassis being replaced are ones already cracked, so presume that is still the case?
That is the way it is and I doubt it will change, other than not changing the chassis as they crack eventually.
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Do we have any idea if newer gen chassis have a similar fate than 2012's ? (obviously with a much longer failure point)
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Do we have any idea if newer gen chassis have a similar fate than 2012's ? (obviously with a much longer failure point) We do. At the moment the post 2014 type chassis has not (to our knowledge) had any of the cracking issues that all the versions of the pre 2014 type chassis, to a greater or lesser extent, have had.
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A little late to share this with everyone, but I wanted to get to the end of my repair journey before getting all chatty about it. However, I have just collected my 2013 3-Wheeler from the Factory, having had a lovely new 2020 chassis fitted by the very professional team there. Having had the car serviced in early July, I continued to search for the cause of constant clonking from the front suspension. Careful investigations revealed a very worn lower ball-joint (the topic was well discussed on here earlier), but in the process I found what looked to be a crack in the top chassis rail, just behind the rear upper wishbone mount. Close inspection showed that it was indeed a developing crack and I sent a picture to MMC asking for advice. They were very quick to respond and said I should not drive the car and that they would be round to collect it as soon as they had a slot in the schedule. It was picked up at the end of July and I collected it on Tuesday. It drives like a new car and the handling is improved in every sense - it tracks straight and true and the clocks and clanks from the front end over bumps and potholes are no more, although quite how much of that was attributable to the cracks or simply the earlier design is unclear. The service from MMC however was excellent and they were happy to do some extra precautionary work at my request whilst the engine was on the bench - clutch, Centa rubbers, cam-belt, rear tyre etc etc. The Customer Service team kept me very well informed and the whole journey was a pleasure - thanks to all of the guys there for turning this round so quickly and professionally. Keep an eye on those earlier chassis’s eh folks... ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/VGlKuBl.jpg)
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