Recent content by gazza487

The MG method is pretty simple - the sensor IDs are hard coded into the car and linked to their installed position. There is no self learning as it would require extra hardware in the car - you can get away with self learning (without additional hardware) IF it is the type of TPMS that doesn’t...

Had to check my car was registered 23rd sept 2022 72 plate and had it done on 6th Sept last year.

First off the boat SE with black windows. Passed last Aug? No advisories 19k miles ? Track rod end had started clunking year before but was changed under warranty on service.

The SE with LFP is an odd beast. Yes it will take a 100% charge with less degradation than stuffing the other type full. It has a quirk which I believe you may have just found. The manual does allude to it but here goes - weekly charge it full to balance is the advice (balancing is shoving the...

Have you balanced the battery recently and / or done this after flattening to below 10% and letting it fully charge (plus some extra time to balance until complete?).

Mine had its first MOT last year. It was fine but I did have a track rod end that was knocking like a good’un the year prior, which was done under warranty (believe suspension bits have 2 years on them).

Errrrm FVCM? The camera module - had to repeatedly try to reprogram as a replacement module. There has been an update to the vnci firmware since I did it which allegedly improves things but I’ve not tried since. If a module fails on the update in one you have to reprogram as a replacement.

You need a 12V battery charger not really a starter pack. I did my early SE and pushed every update to it started at 9am and finished just before 5 with an hour or two for a cheeky Burger King. The big delay was repeated failures of one module - 9 attempts to get it going!!!

I keep banging on about my experience just to remind people but it appears that MG really doesn’t like power line networking if it transmits on the earth pin. It would prevent my car from starting a timed charge (timed on the charger only btw and not one of the chargers you mentioned or anything...

It has always been that way for me - refresh and see what happens. Sometimes the car just falls asleep and won’t respond at all. Very annoying but usually unlocking the car and relocking, all is well again.

This !!! It really helped getting an EV in overall cost in an all electric house and the modern storage heaters also great. Car, dishwasher, washing machine, immersion heater, storage heaters. I’d be pulling about 70amps for a decent length of time. The only one I’d really avoid if you aren’t...

There is a cross member under the radiator at the front (behind the standard grill on my se sr) that is starting to look a bit ropey on a sunny day - well surface rust. It’ll need tidying up at some point I’m sure.

I had button failure on passenger door of all ones. Symptom was more that the button no longer clicked at all rather than clicking and not working. I’d lay a few £ that underneath the plastic is a micro switch, the same as a cheap mouse. It was replaced under warranty with a completely new...

I don’t have an Indra or octopus but setting slots on the car and my charger was a no no, I just had to let the charger do its thing with no schedules set on the car. Also I had very irritating issues with my scheduled charging failing when there was power line networking kit in my house. I...

Most modern cars have moved to this. It is to prevent theft, make parts difficult to move on and also a nice money maker being able to only fit virgin parts. It isn’t really new - BMW based stuff from the late 90s was a pain having to match all modules together and needing the ability to...