I picked up a 2015 PHEV courtesy car today as mine was getting a service , the hinge on the charging flap has been modified, an extra bit of grey foam has been added, this was not supplied on my 2014 car.
If you can I would get your dealer to put it in.
Well, I estimate I have opened and closed the flap about 200 times since new. As you plug the car in every time you drive it, and sometimes more if you rapid charger its a very high use component.
In contrast I have probably opened the petrol flap about 10 times in the same period.
You could...
Dealer is Wiltshire and Sons, Farnham Surrey.
Its very interesting that this has happened to other people.
Is the warranty with Mitsubishi UK or the dealer, can I just take it to a different dealer to be fixed?
This happened to me as well. The spring dislodged and was scraping against the charging socket. The door hinge got bent, and the door was scraping against the body work which has chipped the paint.
I took it into the Mitsubishi dealer to be fixed under warranty, they could not fix it. They...