MG Cyberster Charger Flap issue

[Bronwen]

You might already mentioned this and/or tried it . But have you tried pressing in/putting pressure on the charge flap and then unlock the car when this happens. That sometimes helped on my old Tesla - on the charge port and frunk.

hi - I've just had the same problem but I don't think the issue is that the flap is physically stuck, I think it's a software problem. The flap won't allow you to open it if the car is running, so when you stop the car and turn it off the mechanism allows the flap to open. On mine this didn't work, so I turned the car on and off with my fob a number of times, waited 15 minutes, then turned the car off and on with the fob while pushing the flap and it opened easily. Fingers crossed it works next charging event!

 

[Roger M]

Hi Bronwen……..I had this problem with my Cyberster and after 5 visits to the Dealership service dept between November and April last, the issue is now fixed. The time lag was due to obtaining replacement parts from China under warranty, however each of these previous 4 attempts didn’t fix the problem but when a senior knowledgable mechanic/electrical technician became involved he discovered that the plastic flap cover was intermittently being held too tightly by the surrounding aperture of the body panel charge port. The remedy was to extend the pin/spigot (push/push flap catch) device by a few millimetres thereby allowing the flap to be very slightly, (a couple of millimetres) proud of the body work which is not noticeable. This modification allowed a wee gap so that when the electrical lock released there is sufficient space for the push on the flap to release it. It has fixed my Cyberster Hope this might help