Switching from MG4 to MGS5 . Advice please .

[NickHeynes]

Hi all. I'm due to pick up my New MGS5 Trophy next week having been in an MG4 for 3 1/2 yrs .

Could I ask what MPU and MCU software versions should be installed as I really don't want to go backwards and forwards from the dealer to get updates .
Is there anything else I should particularly look for at handover ?

 

[Ian Key]

As far as I'm aware there have been no software updates for the MGS5 unlike the MG4.

Out of courtesy unbind your MG4 from the iSmart app before the handover.

Check the tailgate opens fully and closes with a soft final movement. Also check the battery terminals are tight as like some MG4s some dealers forget to tighten them during the PDI.

 

[Alb]

Yep, the MGS5 just works out of the box

 

[Lovemyev]

@NickHeynes You can customise a lot of the settings to suit your needs via MG Pilot as you no doubt know.
If you like the MG4 you will love the S5 !.
Oh…… Don’t forget ! - JUST ENJOY IT !.

 

[5teep]

You'll see a bit less info on the S5 in the app than you have on your MG4 but nothing you're likely to miss much.

 

[Lovemyev]

One omission that is very much missed, is the 12 volt battery status .

 

[stevedee]

One omission that is very much missed, is the 12 volt battery status .

 

[Lovemyev]

Omitted from the App not the info unit.

 

[Joningy]

You'll see a bit less info on the S5 in the app than you have on your MG4 but nothing you're likely to miss much.

Haha @5teep , except 12v battery voltage reading, which most of us would like to see in the app as is in the MG4

 

[NickHeynes]

Thanks for your replies .
I picked up yesterday and have to say that I'm very impressed! I really liked my MG4 but this is a step up in every way (admittedly I had a SE SR MG 4 and now have a Trophy)
Only slight niggles are stuttery wireless AA and a tailgate which stubbornly refuses to open regardless of how much I waggle my foot under the rear bumper. ( Yes the switch is set) Now looking forward to my first long drive this evening .

 

[Lovemyev]

Tbh - I rarely use the foot sensor thingy myself.
I tend to just use the button on the fob to open and close the hatch.
By the time you have messed about wiggling your foot around getting it to open, you just hit the fob button on your way back to the car and it’s open ready for you to load your goods !.
It could be handy if you have your hands full of course, but holding stuff and balancing on one leg is not great either

 

[salty]

Tbh - I rarely use the foot sensor thingy myself.
I tend to just use the button on the fob to open and close the hatch.
By the time you have messed about wiggling your foot around getting it to open, you just hit the fob button on your way back to the car and it’s open ready for you to load your goods !.
It could be handy if you have your hands full of course, but holding stuff and balancing on one leg is not great either

Good for entertaining, onlookers, too.
Stood there, wiggling ya foot.

 

[Lovemyev]

Good for entertaining, onlookers, too.
Stood there, wiggling ya foot.

They may think you have something stuck to the sole of your shoes or are kicking it because it will not start !.

 

[Ian Key]

Stand there for too long wiggling your foot and the local Morris Men will try and recruit you

 

[Joningy]

Bloody thing doesn't always work anyway, slightest bit of crud on the sensor and it's back to putting down the pack donkey load and fumble for the key fob.

 

[Black estate]

I've never got my enyaq to work in a year I had it and it goes this afternoon
Get my MGS5 at 4pm super excited

 

[MG Clive]

I've never got my enyaq to work in a year I had it and it goes this afternoon
Get my MGS5 at 4pm super excited

Start practicing the foot wiggle mate.