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    Twelve Volt Battery Dead after 2 Week Holiday

    Our MG4 was delivered faulty with a parasitic power loss requiring regular jump starts. After the fault was fixed under warranty I replaced the OEM 12V battery with a deep cycle AGM battery (leisure batteries in the UK). AGM batteries have a much slower rate of self-discharge than basic flooded...
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    MG4 in Australia

    Use a 15 amp charger at home which has met all our needs for the past year. Working on power reading on cable & percentage charging change on car’s infotainment screen, losses are in the range of 10-15%. I understand this has something to do with the conversion from AC source to DC battery...
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    Airport parking in Winter. -3 to 3°C

    I have a similar product on order to simplify the battery disconnection process as we're regularly away. I'm assuming that on departure once you've switched the battery off and closed the bonnet you need to lock the driver's door with the key? I'm guessing it also effectively precludes...
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    MG4 in Australia

    We had a significant parasitic draw issue with our 12V battery (now apparently resolved) with voltage dropping to abt 3V on several occasions. It doesn’t hold charge very well & it’s likely we’ll end up replacing the battery sooner or later and seek advice abt changing to AGM. Are AGM batteries...
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    MG4 Standard Range 12v Battery Dead and Charging Problem

    Had our MG4 a couple of months and have had ongoing issues with flat 12V battery. In Australia the car comes with MG Assist - a service comparable to the UKs AA. Had them out several times to get it started. My thinking was that we just happened to get a dud battery but it turned out to be...
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