Recent content by hmadsen

We dont have to agree, if your car does this, it is the only MG ZS EV i know of that does this., every other MG ZS EV 2022-2025 only charges the battery with the HV battery contactors energized and this only happens when the car is in ready mode.

Plus, it would be a PITA to have to rebalance rims again and again. I have actually found listing for a TMPS cloning device with 4 TMPS sensors that should be compatible. Cost about £200 and can clone the original ones, coded to the car. The only remaining question would be if it would be...

Yeah, just a regular car owner, so do not own a tyre changing machine. I usually have one set of rims for summer tyres and one for winter.

Hi Did you do the 10mm trick ? I have had this happen and did it and it started working again. PS. 10mm trick = Unscrew the positive battery terminal, count to "5 minutes" and reattach the battery terminal

You probably know enough for it not to be this, but was there some electronics in the old battery that was swapped over. A lot of these EVs have a controller in the HV batterypack that is coded to the car. If you change the battery, it needs coding into the car or the electronic part needs to...

Also remember, putting that stuff in your tyre will make the tyre guy that has to do the actual repair or put on a new tyre, very annoyed AND you run the risk of it getting into your TPMS sensor, which will then cost you a new one plus coding. Use this only in an extreme emergency, if you can...

What i mean is. If, right now, i have summer tyres on the car, they work, the TPMS works. If i decide to buy winter tyres later this year and have them fitted with compatible TPMS sensors, what will be needed to get it working. 1. Will it just work so when i put on the winter tyres, it will...

So rotating them will relearn them What about if you have winter and summer tyres. Will it autolearn a new set of wintertyres or do the new TPMS sensors on the wintertyres have to be learned....Or do you need to "clone" the sensors in the summertyres ?

In that case, even a bog standard first gen Nissan Leaf with 16KW of battery from new would be more than enough :)

Nope The charger that charges the 12V battery is drawing power from the high voltage battery and to do that it needs the contactors to be pulled in (Make contact) and this only happens when the car is in "Ready" mode. If you dont believe me, try attaching a voltmeter to the 12V battery with...

Not high mileage Range can be pretty poor a very cold winters day though.

That's pretty normal, if you leave for a month you should put the 12V battery on a battery tender. Sadly the ZS EV does not measure the battery voltage and top it up when it gets low, using the traction battery, like other car brands do.

I dont drive the ZS EV, it's my wifes car, but the car i AM driving is also an electric and i have 2 Type 2 cables with me at all times. 1 that is 2 meters long, in the Frunk where it is easy to get to, it is super convenient, both because i dont have to wrestle 5 meters of cable, when 98% of...

I can see the logic in that. Still would think it was mainly while braking hard it was relevant. Here, we have to put on the hazards if traffic suddenly stops or slows down substancially. In the old days i nearly never used the hazards, now on the motorway if i go any lenght of distance i use...

So it put the hazards on, and did not turn them off when the "event" was over.