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The 99$ question :- Are we dealing with the "run of the mill, common or garden" flooded type battery. Or the AGM type battery fitted straight from the factory then in the S5's in the U.K. ?. If its the basic flooded type, the only wiggle room for improvement is a bigger capacity. As long as the...

That is a very detailed and comprehensive explanation of the rights and wrongs for fitting a new battery to the S5. Other MG models as well, by the looks of it. So, basic flooded battery it is then !. The recommendation of increasing the size / capacity is the only viable option. Which would be...

I am a little unsure how you are going to refuse to have any additional work done by the same dealer, who is carrying out the MOT in order to get your car passed ?. Of course you do have the option to take the car elsewhere, but then you could have just done that anyway ?. There have been a...

“Free” health and MOT checks fall into the same category as when a lot of garages use to offer “Free” fitting on exhaust systems. It was never free, it’s because the profit margin on exhaust systems were that massive, it was built into the price. A “Free” health checks only takes 15 minutes, but...

Check that your HVAC settings are NOT set to “recirc” mode !. Otherwise, your car will miss up almost straight away.

I have chosen not to let main dealers conduct the MOT’s of any of my cars over the last 15 years+. Even if they are sometimes offered for free !. You get nothing for free in this world really, so I have experience of having good reasons why, I don’t take up their kind ( so called ) free offer of...

Just be mindful that the service intervals are based on time or distance, which ever arrives first !. So if you are a low milage user case, then the time factor is more important here. So you will be submitting the car for its annual service before you hit the distance. It’s vice versa if you...

I found with my VW Golf PHEV, that after being contacted by VW CS the car needed to go to appointed VW dealership, of their choose, to have a HV battery service bulletin completed, None of the local dealers were authorised to carry out the job. We had to travel about 50 miles to get the car...

No - Manufacturers offer warranties under the conditions that their service schedules are adhered to by the owners. MG’s are not equipped with an onboard system to alert owners when the services are due ( unlike VAG & BMW etc ). Instead they have a “next service” due screen in the head unit of...

Eventually MG CS will “join up the dots” and realise that they DO have an issue with a batch of T box components in these cars. Unfortunately for us owners and the dealers, they follow down the same laborious and time consuming route for all parties. Making numerous appointments to finally...

If you have a volt meter, check the voltage on the battery before booting into ready mode. The standing state should be around 12 volts ( ish ). Then with the volt meter still connected, boot up the car into ready mode. What does the volt meter say now ?. The voltage shown should have now...

There was a number of ZS EV’s that suffered from a similar problem and the fix was to replace the latching mechanisms. A close family member had the same problem on the passenger door of his new ZS EV. The dealer replaced the door lock / latching mechanism and all was good. Then only a couple...

Stouts moto - “Be Prepared” 👍🤣

Just spotted this booster / tyre inflation unit on offer. I have a similar unit myself. I would be quick before they sell out...

The problem with trying to reinforce the hinge, is the limited access to it, when it’s on the car. The back side of the the hinge is a honeycomb criss cross pattern of thin plastic. If these individual cells could make stronger, then I am sure if would be a better job. I think if I was having to...