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No I have not noticed any mechanical issues with the steering at all and I have checked many times. It all feels pretty tight. Moving the steering with the power off I notice the the PAS motor feels almost like it is clutched in some way to the steering itself, but without taking it all apart...

Thanks for the update. I have just replace the tyres (all 4) on my 5 and the problem is back, albeit not too bad at the moment. The tyre fitters were not too even with the pressures so I have now put them all to the recommended pressures and all seems ok... at the moment. I was hoping that...

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Yes. Having little faith in the dealers getting anything right, I took the vehicle to a Rapid at the local Tesco on the way back from the service. The charger was not a type I hade used before (a Podpoint I believe), and I noticed straight away that the charge port did not lock as usual...

On my 2022 PFL it used to charge without locking the car. Charging update (for what I am not sure but hoped it was Tesla update) applied in January 25 . Now the car needs to be locked (plug in then lock) before a charge will initiate. Once the charge has started its ok to unlock the doors.

50% would be fine.

Interesting. My pre facelift 5 has just had its 3 year "service" at which I requested the Tesla update. To my surprise they said yes there is an update to the charging software listed and they will do it. Whether this was the Tesla update I have yet to discover ( I somehow doubt it) but I did a...

I have nearly always purchased second hand vehicles (the MG5 has been an exception) at around 3 years old. Back in 2003 I purchased a Peugeot 406 (top spec) at 3 years old for £6,500 from a dealer. The list price when new was £20K it was a high miles ex lease and I doubt the lease company paid...

Note it needs to be a MK 2 (facelift) if you want to tow

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I am happy to be proved wrong but my money is on a tyre related problem. Yes its an odd feeling like the steering has developed a centre "indent" and I did originally suspect a PAS fault, but its far too unpredictable for that and wouldn't disappear when swapping or changing the tyres. I find it...

Interesting to hear that it occurs on different brands of tyres too. As per my post above I swapped fronts to rears and the problem went away. But recently on a long motorway trip I noticed it had returned to some extent. I have not noticed it driving locally but time will tell. It looks like...

I tried several cables with mine to no avail. Added the AA wireless adaptor and that works pretty faultlessly although its not without the odd foible.

Just an update for anyone digging this thread up. A couple of thousand miles later and no sign of the problem returning after swapping tyres. So I'm pretty sure its linked to tyre wear. Despite other threads discussing uneven tyre wear those on my vehicle are looking pretty even. Will be...

Estate cars are just out of fashion and have been for a long time. It would appear many purchased the MG5 as it was simply the best value EV around at the time, once the MG 4 arrived 5 sales plummeted. My local dealer confirmed this recently saying, whilst MG4 sales are still strong MG 5 sale...