MG4 in Australia

[Coulomb]

Has anyone changed the 12V in their MG4 I see there is a large horizontal bar with bolts over the top of where the 12V is housed, with the inevitable 12V change of battery this looks like a pain in the arse to change the 12V.

I haven't changed mine yet, but I've figured out that it will come out without removing that bar (albeit with some effort) towards the front of the car once the cover (or froot/frunk if you have one) is removed. It's just 6 of those "Christmas tree clips". This reveals a largish space in front of the 12 V battery, albeit with various cables etc to snag the 12+ kg battery's exit.

That bar carries a lot of other gear; it would indeed be a pain to try to remove.

Edit: Sorry for the very late reply.

 

[wattmatters]

I recently had an video interview with Youtube journo Neerav Bhatt. We covered a range of things and he split the chat into a couple of videos, this one on our MG4 experience:



38 minutes and change.

 

[T1 Terry]

A great video, thank you for sharing. Our MG4 51 has a sticker in the driver's side pillar Feb 24 and the MG sticker is 2024 02, but to be honest I've never looked for the Aust compliance plate so I have no idea what date is on there.
We bought it from New Spot MG in Adelaide mid Feb 2025, they assured us it had all it's updates and I mentioned I had an MG4 64 that was sold by New Spot and was a total write off because it had done a sharp right hand turn into a white post, folding the right front wheel under the drivers floor and folding the guard up to the driver's door ..... if my wife has an accident because of a software fault, that you tell me has been done, we will be looking at legal action, including criminal negligence if required .......
The bright smiles that sales upper management have, faded faster than rain on a supermarket receipt, the senior sales manager darted off and came back around 15 mins later assuring us that every update had been done as I had requires before we picked up the car ......
It has been a brilliant car the drive for the last 12 mths and covered 14,000kms, the wife turns the lane keep assist off, I don't bother, I like the one green bar on the adaptive cruise control, Margaret like two or three, but I find it annoying that it slows down so for back from the car in front that someone will cut in front in traffic .....
It does get scared easily if it sees a parked car or a car approaching from the opposite direction that is close to the centre lane, annoys the hell out of the wife, but I always have the foot resting on the accelerator when driving on narrow roads, so it just doesn't bother me .... I don't believe in expecting a computer to make all the decisions when driving, it is an assistant after all .....

T1 Terry