No heating while parked

[quilkin]

Stopped today for 30 minutes while my other half went into Sainsbury's and I waited in the car. It was 6 degrees outside and I couldn't get the heater to work. Tried all controls - fan was running and temp control on max but only cold air. I even tried turning on the heating from the Android app but that told me the car had to be turned off and locked. (I didn't try locking the car).
As soon as I started driving the hot air started flowing.
Is this a fault or am I doing something wrong?

 

[MickeySw]

Stopped today for 30 minutes while my other half went into Sainsbury's and I waited in the car. It was 6 degrees outside and I couldn't get the heater to work. Tried all controls - fan was running and temp control on max but only cold air. I even tried turning on the heating from the Android app but that told me the car had to be turned off and locked. (I didn't try locking the car).
As soon as I started driving the hot air started flowing.
Is this a fault or am I doing something wrong?

When you say stopped, was the car still ‘Ready’? Heating won’t work without HV battery connected…

 

[quilkin]

When you say stopped, was the car still ‘Ready’? Heating won’t work without HV battery connected…

I tried 'Ready' as well as other modes. The battery percentage was showing on the dash. No modes appeared to turn on the heating.

 

[Jomarkh]

Hi @Alb can you move this to the MG5 forum please?

 

[MickeySw]

as other modes.

The only modes the heating is actually working (not just blowing air around) is when the car is READY to drive or during the preheat function via the app (car locked).