2022 GWM Tank 300 Pricing and Specs

More than a few Tank 300 owners have complained about multimedia and electronic glitches. It’s likely to be a software issue and GWM is doubtless working on fixes and patches to make it all work properly. This can take time, however, and owners can be understandably impatient when their brand-new car doesn’t work properly.

Just be sure you keep your dealership across all the problems you’re having. That way, there’s a paper-trail that will support your claims that all these problems occurred within the warranty period and are, therefore, GWM’s problem, not yours.

GWM is by no means the only carmaker in this situation, and the sheer complexity of modern vehicles and their multitude of electronical functions appears to be part of the problem.

If the GWM Tank 300 appeals to you, check out the latest addition to the Tank range which is a version with a plug-in hybrid driveline. CarsGuide recently tested the new Tank 300 and recorded fuel consumption of 8.5 litres per 100km in the sort of rural driving you’ve described. That’s hardly a guzzler considering the Tank 300 is a very capable off-roader and will take the rough stuff easily in its stride.

Even better is that you can charge the Tank up overnight and get something like the first 100km of your journey on electricity alone, meaning you’d only be running the petrol engine for half of your daily round trip.

I’ll presume you mean the indicator stalk which uses a soft touch to indicate a lane change, and a firmer push to keep the indicators on until a turn has been made. There’s also some confusion when trying to cancel the indicators manually, and inadvertently indicating the wrong way. Plenty of people have complained about this, and some owners don’t seem to ever get used to it. That said, drivers of other models rarely find this setup to be a problem.

I checked with GWM who told me that there were no plans to make any changes to the indicator system on the current model Tank 300. The vehicle passes all safety standards for Australia and there’s no problem with the system that would require a safety recall or any other intervention. However, this feedback has reached GWM and – though nobody at GWM has said so – I wouldn’t be surprised if the next incarnation of the Tank 300 has a different indicator stalk system.