Yellow battery gauge

[siteguru]

Mine seems to work properly now ... Green until just below 10% whereupon it turns Orange/Yellow, and then below about 5% it turns Red.

 

[Tuareg]

It is supposed to be a traffic light system according to HV state of charge but it appears to not work properly on the MG4.

A tiny minority of MG4s might have this issue. The vast majority do not.

 

[ReintjeWA]

I wonder if it’s based on estimate range remaining, my last ICE car did this, the fuel light would come on with 100km range remaining, not necessarily at a certain fuel level. Which to me always seemed a little strange, but a little strange seems to fit MG too to be honest.

The only thing my car consistently does is the voice prompt to charge at 21%, the colour change of the bar doesn’t seem consistent in my MG4.

 

[AndyL61]

A tiny minority of MG4s might have this issue. The vast majority do not.

From the number of people posting on various forums I would suggest it isn't just a tiny minority.

 

[Martinonline]

The 12V battery will charge when the car is powered up, it does not need to be in Ready mode. It should charge when the HV battery is charging but I've seen a low voltage battery charging fault when I've DC charged.

 

[ReintjeWA]

The 12v battery will charge when the car is powered up, it does not need to be in Ready mode. It should charge when the HV battery is charging but I've seen a low voltage battery charging fault when I've DC charged.

I thought the low voltage battery charging fault after finishing a DC charge has something to do with the HV disconnecting upon the charge finishing, and then it goes away when the car is put into ready mode as it “reconnects” with the 12V? Obviously software connections, the physical connection would be unchanged.

I don’t really know a lot about the system though.

 

[fnegroni]

Who has told you that?

trust me, I know. I had the update done a while ago.

 

[Tuareg]

From the number of people posting on various forums I would suggest it isn't just a tiny minority.

The vast majority of owners never comment on these forums. The world is a much, much bigger place than here.

 

[Vipar]

I have just had a service on my MG4 Trophy EV they said at reception that there was a recall on my 1 year old car I forgot to ask why DOH

 

[salty]

To the forum. Vic Parrot.

To the forum. Vic Parrot.

 

[MG Clive]

I see what you did there @salty

 

[OriginalBigAl]

I see what you did there @salty

Yes another pretty pollyished performance.

 

[Kithmo]

Yes another pretty pollyished performance.

 

[Rolfe]

14 pages on and no official answer
I've never seen the bar turn orange, even as remaining battery gets to 2%.
I've only ever seen it (on two occasions now) when starting the car.
I've not noticed any regen issues when driving the car (I'm usually set at 3, and only have reduced regen when battery is at 100%, and I get a warning when starting a journey if battery is at 100%)
So far, I've always had green bars when restarting the car for the next journey.
I don't think the colour is weather related (orange bars appeared on "average" days)
Finally, here's my orange bar pic
View attachment 36547

I still reckon I won the amber gauge pic contest.

 

[Pigger1972]

Hi I'm not sure if this has been addressed already but we all know that the warming up via the ismart app is cough illegal..but I was surprised to find using the A/C via the iSmart app doesn't start the engine at all, so therefore I'm guessing it is all good? I wish the heating would just use the electric stored in the car, as if it's low when you get in it starts the engine anyway and would soon recharge when travelling..