EQC - Engine cover part deleted?

[Steve_B]

Well after a week of ownership, I looked under the bonnet, and discovered a distinct lack of tidyness…no engine cover.
Dealer has reported back by text saying it was removed on EQC range due to ‘not enough cooling’.
Can anyone else concur?

 

[grober]

Difficult to say as its MB recommended removal may be region/climate dependant? Try asking other owners locally?
correction

EQC buy your own engine cover ?

I am lucky enough to be driving the EQC, With AMG package. It is great though the battery is less than billed when cold. I looked in the engine bay to fill the windscreen washer and was surprised that it had no engine cover. I have seen photographs in the past with a nice plastic cover. I have...

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[Steve_B]

Difficult to say as its MB recommended removal may be region/climate dependant? Try asking other owners locally?
correction

EQC buy your own engine cover ?

I am lucky enough to be driving the EQC, With AMG package. It is great though the battery is less than billed when cold. I looked in the engine bay to fill the windscreen washer and was surprised that it had no engine cover. I have seen photographs in the past with a nice plastic cover. I have...

forums.mercedesclub.org.uk

Thanks for the reply grober.
I think it looks a mess and unfinished without the cover and not what you’d expect from the brand. But, more importantly, I’d be interested to know if there have been any overheating issues on this model that fits with the narrative of why it’s now a deleted part?
It rarely gets above 28 degrees during the summer in NZ, so if it’s having issues here then it’s likely to have issues elsewhere if it’s climate related.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Thanks for the reply grober.
I think it looks a mess and unfinished without the cover and not what you’d expect from the brand. But, more importantly, I’d be interested to know if there have been any overheating issues on this model that fits with the narrative of why it’s now a deleted part?
It rarely gets above 28 degrees during the summer in NZ, so if it’s having issues here then it’s likely to have issues elsewhere if it’s climate related.

Maybe they concluded that the “bonnet” or “hood” is only lifted during service and so it doesn’t need to look pretty. The “engine cover” adds unnecessary cost and weight, and it adds time to service operations,

 

[CoopsSA]

My EQC (UK version) doesn't have an engine cover. This was stopped in the UK last year I believe. Colleagues with a '70 plate (2020) doesn't have it either.

 

[grober]

Mercedes have had problems with their powertrain cooling systems. The EQC uses motors made by ZF and the big cast assembly sat on top of the front motor [most often used in normal running] is its inverter I believe. Removing the cover may afford this unit additional cooling. Indications are that Mercedes intend to move their entire powertrain manufacture internally.

Mercedes to build it's own drives from 2024 - electrive.com

www.electrive.com

 

[grober]

https://inf.news/en/auto/3049160a63938c8abef22f76b65b1488.html

 

[Steve_B]

https://inf.news/en/auto/3049160a63938c8abef22f76b65b1488.html

That article must be a huge concern to owners. But I still don’t think it addresses the ‘engine’ cover deletion. The overheating issue, according to that article, is down to leaks in the cooling system. No amount of ‘ventilation’ by removing covers, or even the bonnet, is going to fix that issue.
It seems ‘range’ isn’t the only ‘anxiety’ associated with the EQC and it doesn’t help that, by removing the cover, my anxiety is increased with spots of pink coolant dotted around the engine bay.
Thanks for sharing the article grober. The answers to our questions may not always be the ones we want, but there’s no doubting the thoroughness of them.

 

[Petrol Pete]

So basically the Mercedes Benz EQC is not fit for purpose . Shocking.

 

[FiveAlive]

Surely the gubbins under the bonnet does have a cover: the bonnet.

 

[grober]

Surely the gubbins under the bonnet does have a cover: the bonnet.

There purely for cosmetic reasons I imagine.