MG4 Powering down if you wish to remain seated in the car.

[FiferMG4]

I thought this was a useful little instructional video.

 

[D3D]

that was puzzling me wondering if you could shut it down. Curiosity got the better of me & I’ve just been outside in the dark & tested it and it works! - keeps the radio on which is useful. Many thanks for posting

 

[FiferMG4]

that was puzzling me wondering if you could shut it down. Curiosity got the better of me & I’ve just been outside in the dark & tested it and it works! - keeps the radio on which is useful. Many thanks for posting

You’re welcome! There are definitely times when this will come in handy.

 

[Nigelleics]

What is the benefit to doing this? Does it save power consumption?

 

[Harry 17]

What is the benefit to doing this? Does it save power consumption?

I feel you have answered your own question there Nige

 

[AdamMGEV]

What is the benefit to doing this? Does it save power consumption?

You have to do it to start charging don't you?

 

[MrRee83]

I thought this was a useful little instructional video.

I was wondering how to turn the lights off, and this helped me do it. I can now listen to my music without draining more elec through other unnecessary things.

 

[Ian Key]

You have to do it to start charging don't you?

Yes I think you do. Either that or lock the doors.

 

[Les burrows]

There’s one problem with this and that is after you have switch off as shown above and your sat there reading or watching a video playing music or radio if after a few minutes you decide to shift you position and move on the seat the car might/will switch on again especially if you lift you weight off the seat and then you need to do it all over again same every time you move it is a pain in the butt.
Please can we have an on off button back this seat switch is useless IMHO.
Les

 

[FiferMG4]

There’s one problem with this and that is after you have switch off as shown above and your sat there reading or watching a video playing music or radio if after a few minutes you decide to shift you position and move on the seat the car might/will switch on again especially if you lift you weight off the seat and then you need to do it all over again same every time you move it is a pain in the butt.
Please can we have an on off button back this seat switch is useless IMHO.
Les

Yeah, in certain situations Les, simple is best and you can’t get more simple than an on/off button operated by your hand rather than your backside.

 

[MadaboutDana]

Yeah, in certain situations Les, simple is best and you can’t get more simple than an on/off button operated by your hand rather than your backside.

Still, this video shows a very straightforward solution: thanks for that!

 

[Lovemyev]

Not sure if this has been posted before for MG4 drivers ?.
But another great tip from Burl on his YouTube channel.

 

[the briggie]

Is that the same as the existing one in hints and tips? Powering down if you want to sit in the car? Check and if so you can ask Alb to move this one there

 

[Lovemyev]

Is that the same as the existing one in hints and tips? Powering down if you want to sit in the car? Check and if so you can ask Alb to move this one there

Sorry I don't know .
Just spotted this recent video upload and thought it maybe useful to some MG4 owners.
Hey - What do I know as I am a ZS EV LR driver .

 

[the briggie]

No problem but that's why we created hints and tips on this forum to post such useful information on there...checked and its the same

Alb can you move this video to

MG4 Powering down if you wish to remain seated in the car.

I thought this was a useful little instructional video.

www.mgevs.com

 

[Alb]

Done

 

[Shengis]

There’s one problem with this and that is after you have switch off as shown above and your sat there reading or watching a video playing music or radio if after a few minutes you decide to shift you position and move on the seat the car might/will switch on again especially if you lift you weight off the seat and then you need to do it all over again same every time you move it is a pain in the butt.
Please can we have an on off button back this seat switch is useless IMHO.
Les

Yes and related to this. The other day I was sitting in a car park waiting for my daughter so I powered it down and continued listening to a podcast.

When she finally arrived everything was switched off so not even the lock/unlock button would work. To wake everything up I had to lift my arse off the driver seat then sit down again and suddenly everything woke up! Is a different way of making things work, I’ll give it that!

 

[the briggie]

So you think the MG4 stop/ start method is a bit of a bummer then...

 

[Cocijo]

In most situations, It’s a waste of time and pointless powering off the car. Just leave it on - it uses minimal HV battery and you can run all of the cars functions as you need to without worrying.

 

[carmelo]

The ideal way would be to have a simple way of telling the car that you intend to sit in it and there is no need to keep the head lamps on. A simple way would be, for example, to double press the P button. I hope MG thinks of such a simple solution and implements it in the next update.