Rapid charging fails

[Janthehun]

Travelling from UK to Germany several high voltage chargers in Belgium failed to connect to my MG4 Long Range. The local MG garage found a fault in the rapid charge part of the battery and are "talking to MG about repair". MG have now taken a week to decide what to do and whether or not this can even be fixed in Belgium or has to be done in UK. It's a bit of a nightmare. Anybody with similar experience?

 

[Rolfe]

Sounds like an absolute nightmare. Will your car charge on any DC chargers? How are you managing?

 

[Tight Git]

Had you done any successful rapid DC CCS charging in the UK before the trip?

 

[Janthehun]

Had you done any successful rapid DC CCS charging in the UK before the trip?

Yes, I had several longer trips in UK between last March (when I bought it) and now and used the DC CCS chargers successfully.

 

[Tight Git]

Yes, I had several longer trips in UK between last March (when I bought it) and now and used the DC CCS chargers successfully.

Sounds like the dealer needs to sort it out then.

 

[Rolfe]

What about now? Can you charge on any DC charger, or is the car refusing all of them? What about AC charging? Have you any way to get charged at all?

There is a thread about a DC charging fault that a few people have experienced, let me try to find it.

OK, got it. Have a look at this and see if any of it sounds like what you are experiencing.

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