Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Morgan Plus Four, Supersport & Plus Six (CX & CXV Generation Vehicles) Safety Recall - Brakes

According to the government website this is merely a Safety Recall, NOT a stop/drive; this is the advice from DVLA: Safety Recall: 'The definition of a safety defect is met, but the threat is not immediate or can be mitigated with ‘reasonable’ consumer action'. In short it suggests sensible precautions by the driver, but the car can be driven; especially to the dealership for repairs. Certainly, an inspection of the master cylinder fluid would be wise before every trip. If RichP6 is correct, then rather a lot of egg on Morgan's face. I wonder if whoever at MMC decided to 'up the anti' is now regretting that. Will heads roll?

As I understand it- there have been catastrophic- no warning - complete brake failures on a number of CX models...

Do you want to take the risk?

I don't take risks. Of any sort. But from what I am told, there has been only one brake failure (maybe 2. As the problem is a slow degradation of the seal, it is unlikely IMHO that a catastrophic failure will occur unless one does not check the brake fluid before every trip. Of course, that could apply to any car, no matter what the make. The crux is: is one insured? I will ask my insurance company tomorrow. If I am insured AND my brake fluid is ok, I will drive.

The thing is nobody knows for sure, only MCC does and they are not saying, what we have is hearsay and rumors.
MCC could just be covering thire arse by instructing owners not drive

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Possibly true but truth will always out and what then PR? MMC have tied very hard over the last few years to improve PR and indeed quality. Gone are the days when owners are happy with the phrase 'They all do that'. But this is turning into a PR disaster for MMC. Certainly limited communication and a paltry offer of an extended warranty has not endeared it to many.

I raised the fact it is just a safety recall not a stop drive as per DVLA, it’s just Morgan that said stop drive, so would be down to individual insurance companies. It is clear some people have still been driving their CX cars just look on Instagram. I expect it was a call to the insurance company and some might be more pragmatic than others, I doubt it would significantly change the risk.

The STOP decision from MMC will have come from their legal department, or at least it should have done

If anyone bends it under the present situation they are giving the insurance companies a golden opportunity to shirk their responsibilities tbh.

And probably from their Insurers as well.

True..

The original communication that came from MMC and the follow up letter specifically said that NO catastrophic failure had occurred and NO accidents.
Extract from the Morgan letter : “Preliminary investigations indicate that in certain limited circumstances, premature degradation of the rubber seal(s) in the brake master cylinder may result in compromised brake performance, and in extreme cases cause brake failure. Because this is a possible safety issue, we are immediately advising that you should not drive your vehicle until a rectification action has been completed.”