Content by Lovemyev in December, 2025

When we bought our S5 Trophy, the dealer told me that they had not ordered a single SE model since its launch, as the introduction deals offered in the Trophy 🏆 was so good at that time. Plus, if it remains the same, he said that he could not see them ordering any for stock. Only ordering SE by...

Take more water 💦 with it ! 👍🤣

Agreed. Also if you are going to travel at above motorway speeds, you are going to see your range disappearing REALLY fast !.

There will be crash data stored in the air bag module or the main brain of the car. Until this crash data is cleared, the car will not start for safety reasons.

I said you would not be disappointed 👍🤣. Like yourself, after owning both variants of the ZS EV the S5 is a big step up. I did enjoy both of our ZS EV’s, but as you would expect from a ground up designed EV, it’s just better. It’s does have its quirks ( just like other cars ) but hopefully 🤞 it...

Here is a volt meter that will be ample for what you require and is less than a £10. https://amzn.eu/d/h1kya3k If you do decide to replace the battery, these people are used by the trade and offer a next day delivery service...

An experience like that, is once too many and not very nice in my book. Honestly, I would go ahead and replace that 12 volt battery if it was my car, regardless of its age or milage covered. Batteries 🪫 are a bit like a light bulbs💡really, absolutely fine one minute and gone the next !. If you...

I totally agree. This has been mentioned before, but I can’t understand WHY the S5 does not have a 12 volt battery status report, on the health check included in the App. The ZS EV had it ???. It surely must be an oversight, it can’t be that hard to include it surely 🤷🏻.

Yeah - This is very true, the 12 volt battery does receive a charge, when the traction battery is being charged from an A/C supply. Previous MG models are configured in the same way. I think it would be helpful if the 12 volt battery just had a bit more spare capacity though tbh. I can’t help...

Because of this, I always leave my car in READY mode if I am parked up, waiting for our grand daughter to come out from school.

Totally agree !. This is the policy I have always adopted myself. I like to use an independent MOT station, that does not offer a repair facility. So there is no financial loss or gain from carrying out any of the remedial work. A lot of main dealers like to temp you with the offer of “free...

Good point, maybe leave the home button on the right hand side, but move the rotary part over to the passengers side 🤷🏻. You can adjust the climate control from the steering wheel as well.

I guess they work on the theory that if you need one, you need the other 🤷🏻. It’s the same on a lot of different cars tbh. Does any body think like me, that the two rotary control under the info screen 🖥️ should be the opposite way around ?. The one that can be used to adjust the volume of the...

Yeah - It is the same stud spacing as your current ZS EV so no problem there then. The ZS EV used different wheel hubs from the previous ICE ZS models. They decided to use the stronger heavy duty hubs from the older HS on the ZS EV instead. Because the larger hubs from the HS model, had larger /...

Cars have definitely out grown the size of standard parking spaces now. Providing plenty of work for the dent repair people that’s for sure 🤣.

The spare wheel you have, it is the MG space saver type ?. If so, then yes it will on the car okay and it will JUST fit under the boot floor cover, on its highest setting. Remember that the MGS5 has no spare wheel well formed into the body shell, unlike that in the ZS EV models. The S5 Trophy...

You could almost fit a classic Mini inside the Austin Maxi !. A lot of interior space, very wide if my memory serves me correctly ?.

Arahhh ….. I remember them well @Ian Key . Had them on my Mk1 Mini Cooper S which I fully restored. I can still remember replacing the glass sliding runners in both of the doors, way back in the day. I wish I still had it now, it would be worth a small fortune. Strange when you consider they...

13.9 volts vs 14.0 volts is as close as does not make any difference tbh. I am willing to bet, that had you put the car in ready mode first, it would be bang on 15.0 volts. What did the car report the 12 volt battery voltage as, in the head unit ?. Checked mine “on route” this morning at the...

Could be that the OP has not updated their profile yet ( we have seen this before of course ) or the post was placed in the wrong section, like that has never happened before, has it 🤣. Same problem, with a similar suggestion for both models I guess. I guess one of the admin guys will ask the OP...

Some owners have complained that the seat buckle on the drivers seat on the S5 is placed too low down, on side of the seat 💺 and makes clipping in the seat belt difficult. Especially if you have a large coat on at the time. You also want the car to stop “bleeping”, when you want to make small...

You can see a “live” read out of the 12 volt battery status, when you are on the move tomorrow, view it in the head unit of the car. Some EV drivers ( not just MG ) have taken the decision to purchase a battery status monitor, that is easily fitted onto the battery terminals. It constantly...

While on the subject on charging the 12 volt battery. I have noticed that there is a difference between the S5 and both of our two previous ZS EV’s. Also as soon as the ZS EV is in READY mode, the battery voltage is displayed about at 14.1 volts. This is very close to what you would expect to...

One of these boxes are absolutely ideal if your still running on one of the older type of consumer units ( fuse box ) that is not offering any protection from a breaker unit, like the RCBO incorporated here. The heavy duty three pin plug and cable used on Granny units, can make closing the water...

Did on our previous ZS EV and it was fine !. It lost the tyre pressure read out in the display, but after a short drive, it all returned to normal. Not tried it on our S5 🤷🏻.

I guess it depends on your budget really Tim ?. They tend to get more expensive, when you go for a pack that has more storage battery power. Storage power is not that important for EV's of course, but if you have friends or family members with ICE powered cars, then I would go for a more...

As @Ian Key as already suggested, do yourself a big favour and invest in a 12 volt battery booster pack !. A lower output pack is fine for an EV but if you have a ICE car in the family, then I would suggest going for one with a bit more umph. Keep it under the drivers seat 💺 and then, if you DID...

I do agree that it will differ from person to person and the load placed on the seat bolster has an effect on the rate of material cracking, but honestly they should be able to withstand average use from an average sized person without splitting and cracking appearing this early in the life of...

You can set the “opening” height to be lower than the factory default of “fully open” if that helps your wife, if she is a regular user 🤷🏻. This is fine of course, as long as you are not tall of course, when you could end up banging your head on the tail gate itself 😵‍💫.

Very likely to be affected by the adverse cold temperatures as well then 🤣. Generally just poor quality material used anyway! If you cut too many corners, you then just end up with a constant circle ⭕️ of bombardment of complaints from unhappy customers that will affect future sales.

I have a bit of theory on what could be a mitigating factor 🤷🏻. I think the plastic / vinyl content in this material is extremely high. In the summer months, the cabin temperature in our previous ZS EV ( when parked in direct sun light ) reached over 45 degrees. This high and sustained /...

This good news at last !. I am just very curious on how they suddenly decided it was the CCU was the reason for the parasitic drain after all of this time, or is this just a stab in the dark without any clear evidence of diagnosis. Had they proven the drain via an amp clamp, then when they...

I would suggest that owner in the OP has reset the trips, if the predicted range after a 80% charge is around 222 - 224 miles 🤷🏻. More predicted range after a 80% charge, would likely indicate a higher or lower range, depending on the historical data stored by the car. Resetting the trips will...

Yeah, the pleather is certainly the issue here. I agree, that fitting seat covers do offer a lot of protection to the factory material. However I do feel it’s a really shame that we have to over cover the factory seats 💺 just because the factory materials are really not fit for purpose. Fitting...

If you are AC charging at a public charger, then I believe the car is going to max out at 7kW. So there is absolutely no advantage in trying to gaining time, by using a higher rated A/C post. Other than annoying other EV drivers who can exploit the higher powered type 2 posts. If speed is the...

There has been very similar issues with the front seats 💺 on the ZS EV Gen2 Trophy model. This has been covered at length on the ZS EV forum pages. It’s been a very similar responce from MG CS with regards to complaints, there not interested. When we sold our 3 year old ZS EV LR it had only...