How do actually remove the 12V Battery.

[Dark Star]

How do you actually remove the 12 battery?
I have dead 12v battery on my MG5.
I thought it would be a simple job to take it out and charge it but it seems to be held in by some framework that needs disassembly first.
Am I missing anything obvious?
Going to France tomorrow so in a bit of a panic!

 

[Verdigris]

With most cars there is a clamp that holds a lip at the base of the battery. You generally need a socket wrench with an extension bar to loosen the nut.

 

[Alb]

Check this:

 

[Gomev]

Amazing things, owners manuals

 

[Dark Star]

Amazing things, owners manuals

You should join the Tesla groups, they are full of charming helpful people like you.
FYI my vehicle has just been purchased and didn't come with any manuals.

Check this:
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Many thanks for that, much appreciated. That bolt was a bit of a pain to get to.

 

[Gomev]

You should join the Tesla groups, they are full of charming helpful people like you.
FYI my vehicle has just been purchased and didn't come with any manuals.

Well thank you for your gracious comments, I can be charming and am generally helpful as evidenced over nearly 4 years on this forum. I have no desire to join the Tesla forums though, I find the car's interiors too minimalistic for me although I do admire the technology and efficiency of Teslas.

Hopefully the following may help you get some basic answers quicker in future. This is an incredible forum for anything to do with MG EVs and specific problems and experiences you have as well as general chat around EVs and electric stuff in general, see the General Chat forum if you haven't already.

So welcome to the forum.

Owner Manuals | MG Motor UK

Everything you need for your MG car, including warranties, manuals and more.

www.mg.co.uk

 

[skattie]

interesting, there is no instruction in the manual I have for battery removal, and the manual for MG5 (not long range) is not in the wonderful list provided above

 

[Gomev]

interesting, there is no instruction in the manual I have for battery removal, and the manual for MG5 (not long range) is not in the wonderful list provided above

Here is the manual for the non-long range Pre-facelift that I downloaded some while ago. You can tell from page 257 as it's the 52kWh pack. It still doesn't have instructions for removing the 12v.

Hopefully this link will work

Adobe Acrobat

acrobat.adobe.com

 

[Alb]

People are getting the Owner's Manual confused with the Workshop Manual. My contribution came from the latter.