Content by Lovemyev in February, 2026

Dry the boot out, then use a hose pipe and starting from the lowest point of the car !. Use the hose and slowly working from one side, progress to the the other side of the car. Make at least two passes across the car at the same level and stop. Have somebody checking for any water ingress. When...

Worked for me also 👍. When you go into the manual tuning screen @Bob6731 ensure the DAB tab is showing DAB in blue. Now press the “station selections button” it’s three small vertical lines, with an S to the right corner. The “By station” tab should be on the default in blue. You will notice...

Mine tends to please itself 🤷🏻. Sometimes it plays the radio straight away, but more often than not, I have to press the R/H square steering wheel button to get the radio to start playing.

I agree it probably is, however it’s the very short time of leaving the car, close the door and hit the lock button on the handle is my suggestion. The car is still semi active of course because the 12 volt system is still powering the radio etc. If you close the door and wait a short time, then...

Yeah - it’s a bit hit and miss I find. Sometimes it does it and other times it does not ?. When you leave the seat smartly and pop the drivers door, the car then has dropped out of ready mode. But the radio etc is still active as we know. Why is another story, for another thread, but there you...

I don’t think MG offer the low user / milage services anymore. You probably get a similar work content, but pay a standardised rate 🤣. It’s only a health check on the first service normally and if no updates are available checked against your VIN number, then it’s not going to get connected to...

It actually makes perfect sense to the government John !. It’s the level headed sensible people like us, that it makes no sense to 🤣. It’s simple, they just shift the goal 🥅 posts to provide an amount of money, then to simply throw away again on other misplaced ideas. You know, like the millions...

I see SO many bits of coil spring on the road these days !. Our rural village has numerous speed bumps dotted around and it is not uncommon to see a piece of coil spring lying on the road. Funny enough, I spotted a piece only yesterday. Saving weight on all cars has become a top priority with...

Honestly - I found that requesting charging charges via the App on our previous ZS EV was never 100% successful. The App would report the changes requested as successful but the car would think differently 😣. I have seen similar with the S5. I have learnt that conducting changes directly in the...

The VAG group recommend tyre rotation should be done every 5,000 miles !. Of course this is not practical for high user cases. I had the wheels rotated front to back on our Golf GTE at every annual service and we were covering about 7 - 8,000 miles per year. They were rotational tyres, so it had...

In the head unit, under charging you have a slider to tell the car to charge to the percentage of charge you want. If you don’t have this selected, it will just charge to the 80% charge level you have selected or it will stop when your off peak finishes. I found this out last week when I wanted...

A lot of low usage cars fail MOT’s because the tyres start to crack and split on the side walls. More so now than ever due to the increase in silicone. Plenty of tread remaining but side wall cracking. The rear tyres on FWD drive cars are often caught out by this situation. Annual or biannual...

Dealers are super super cautious, they want to know if they are going to get paid for their time spent on any car and will require any parts or further work outside of what the customer is willing to pay for themselves. Without an agreement from MG they will not even order any of the parts. If...

I am really struggling to see the logic here tbh. Do they think these are “self healing bushes” here or something ?. A bit like the fire brigade saying :- Aarhh… It’s only a small fire madam, it may put its self out”. Are these people on glue or something ?.

Below is a screen shot of my post dated on the 17th May 2023. The update applied to our early Gen2 ZS EV LR and it necessitated an update to the BCM ( Body Control Module ). As you can see, the main aim of this update was to cure a problem of early models “bricking” and preventing the car from...

There is an update that WILL allow the ZS EV to conduct V2L and NOT have the DRL’s still running, it was carried out on my car. It was linked in with the update that will allow you to stop the car charging from a A/C wall box, when you press the open button on the key fob and remove the cable...

Will you be anywhere close to here ?. Tesco have chargers at this site, I know because I have seen them last year. Chargers are few and far between around that part of Wales. You could pop in and do some shopping while you are waiting, then set off for home ?.

Likely he will be in the new years honours list, looking like there will not be a lot of competition for one. Pity they don’t do a medal for 4th place, we would have a few more to show off. Close but no cigar as they say !.

It’s tends to become a “known” issue, after they have checked to see if they can get paid for it strangely enough 🤣. Conducting warranty work never puts money into the till on the same day, unlike paid service work unfortunately. It can be a long drawn out affair.

Everybody is different and that is great !. Personally for me, one of the big attractions to owning an EV, is that it offers a really nice peaceful / stressless environment to drive in. Some easy listening playing low in the back ground is nice. I don’t want this peace to be corrupted by some...

That is a cracking example TBF. It takes a lot of work / time & money to have a Stag in that condition, you have my respect my friend. I know the thread has gone a bit “off topic” but, sharing stories and experiences is what it all about really folks.

I know mine are all 2.5 Bar. But the L/H and R/H differ according to the App. The App reports the tyre pressure status as “normal” as you can see. Close enough for me 👍.

Given the number of cases reported and already dealt with, I find it hard to see that MG are in a position to refuse a claim. It’s a well known issue !.

Sorry - Yeah typo. 1850cc for the standard Dolomite. I very nearly bought a Sprint about 3 months before I left the dealership. I had a tip off from my friend in sales, that it had been traded in for really cheap money, because it was running rough and needed some work. Probably needed a new...

Used our S5 today on a couple of different stretches of dual carriageways. The road surfaces varied between, not so great and pretty smooth. On the best sections covered with the low noise surface tarmac, at a constant speed between 55 - 57 MPH. I could definitely hear in the cabin, what sounded...

The 1500 TC was a similar set up as used in the upgraded 1500 Spitfire, that also had TC’s. They also did a 1500 FWD model version. It was a bored out version of the original 1200cc Herald engine really. Increasing the power came at a cost thought, because they suffered from crankshaft rattle as...

Dolomite Sprint !. Now that takes me back a good few years. Worked on a few of those in my time. They were car that flew under the radar. Small family saloon, quick though !.

That is spot on !.

Yeah - It’s a complete farce tbh. My wife has a Fiat 500 that she absolutely loves 🤷🏻. It’s a 2015 petrol ⛽️ model and the VED is £20 / year. It’s low ( ish ) emissions, but very high compared to our S5 of course 🤣. £20 vs £195.00 takes some justification. It’s not about anything else, but a...

You’re right Les, I think it’s £10 for the first year on EV’s cars costing less than 43 grand ish. If I remember correctly.

Your right !. I got caught out early. Our car was a pre reg, in August 2025. The dealer had registered the car and paid the £10 for the first year. I asked them to apply my private plate ( on retention ) and put onto the car when I collected it. This was done successfully, but because the car...

Ouch 😣.

Mine is the same Ian, my inflation pump has a digital read out that can be set to cut out pumping when the desired pressure has been reached. When checking the tyre pressures with a second verified digital gauge, it reads slightly lower than the preset on the inflation pump. I therefore normally...

I find the same Tim, I set my tyre pressures to the recommended settings. Then check and verify the pressures with a second independent tyre pressure gauge. The figures in the car do not reflect these settings, they do fluctuate a lot TBF. I found the pressures inside the car, did a better job...

They were already installed in the car when we went to collect it. On checking the invoice, I had been billed extra for them and they were expensive !. I asked for them to be removed and therefore deduced from the invoice.

Not sure tbh. I have used a local family tyre 🛞 company for over 40 years, I had a good relationship with them. I wanted to replace my front two tyres on a VW Golf we had a few years ago. It had a brand new tyre on the spare wheel in the boot. But I did not want to fit that make to our car. I...

There was a service bulletin to replace / reroute the wiring loom in the drivers door on the Gen1 model ZS EV under warranty. It was flagged up by the dealer when it went in for a service by checking the VIN number on the MG system.

Here you go 👍. The Trophy model normally comes fitted with Bridgestone tyres 🛞. Definitely not my favourite tbh. They produce road noise at about 55 ish MPH.

Given this, I found it a strange decision to omit the rear screen wash / wiper on certain MG4 models. Clearly design over function 🤷🏻.

All hatchbacks suffer badly from attacking dirt to the rear, less so on booted cars. As the car travels along, it creates a vortex behind the car, which pulls the dirt up from the road and deposits it on the hatch.

I decided to conduct a 100% charge and balance last night. The remaining range on the GOM before charging, was only 20 miles and SOC of 11%. I remember to enable the tab to allow the car to charge, to the percentage required. Then it would keep charging after our off peak rate finished. The...

Use the cabin heater for about 30 minutes Ian, that will gobble up some of that range and reduce the SOC down from 100%.

Put me on the list, I both remember and have used the “button on the floor” myself. I had a 1960 forest green classic Mini that had it !. I clearly recall removing it, when I upgraded the whole steering column assembly. The later columns had the steering lock facility and dual switches for the...

I know it looks much neater when the type 2 cable is tightly wrapped around the external case of a wall box, especially if the box in on the front of your house. So it is very tempting just to uncoil just the minimum amount of cable you need, just to reach the socket on the car. But I don't...

Same Same !. On the early 2CV’s the there was a lever inside the cabin, when you wanted a longer reach with the headlights, you just pulled the lever, which then was attached to a head light bar running through the engine bay. This bar would then physically turn and tip the headlights upwards...

Rodents are attracted to the plastic insulation of the cables. They can smell the oil that is used in the manufacturing process, it's makes the cable flexible. They bite at the outer shielding of the cable and sometimes go straight through the the copper wire, which is extremely thin anyway...

Maybe the locking mechanisms on the MG5 are the same as the ZS EV. A close relative of mine bought a brand new ZS EV Gen2 and from day one, the front passengers door would not open from the inside. Then a few days later, he could not open either back doors from the inside or the outside !. All...

How many miles has your car covered @Data First service I expect it will be fairly low. Given this, I would not expect anything less than 100% SOH tbh. Of course there is the temptation by the dealer to write 100% on the service sheet because it’s so new. Therefore I always asked for a screen...

I found it useful that they give you a button on the drivers door. I pressed this and asked my wife to get out !. Worked great - no more nagging. Just got to sort the one in the car now and I am sorted 👍🤣. Bliss !.

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