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I think the point is that you have to enable the Custom Pilot button (each time you drive the car) if you have chosen settings which are NOT the car's defaults and have saved them to that button. By definition "custom" surely means "non-default" so, essentially, personalised and "my choice" of...

Did you actually mean enable the custom pilot?

That may not be wholly true!! I've commented elsewhere that the ev.energy app, which communicates with and controls my Rolec charger, also shows the battery percentage of my MG S5, so some degree of communication car>charger or app is certainly happening for me.

I no longer have my MG5 but I don't think you can disable it, sorry. Just in case you don't know, it can be triggered by the simple act of the user pressing and holding the unlock button on the key fob. Put another way, if that button is pressed because the fob is "under pressure" for anything...

@itsbigmal Your info says you have an HS PHEV but you mention an S5? So, have you recently changed car? (Just curious!!! 🫢 )

To be absolutely correct, the S5 begins its boot sequence when you sit on the driver's seat; it only goes to full "Ready" mode, i.e. is driveable, when you press the brake pedal.

It does, but only when in Ready mode, i.e., ready to drive or actually being driven. Those of us affected by the "dead 12V battery" problem are finding it is happening when the car has not been in Ready mode for a period of time, often quite short.

Yes, in my experience you won't be charged! Although the amounts may be listed as "pending" for some days they will, eventually, disappear.

I think it is rather more that your bank will remove the pre-authorisation amounts when they realise that the owner(s) of the rapid charger(s) are not proceeding with the debit. That has certainly been my experience anyway!

In my early days of having a Rolec charger installed (actually before I got my first EV) several times the charger cut out, not because of an under-voltage but rather the reverse, an over-voltage (as high as 258 if I remember correctly). That level caused the PEN Protection to operate...

Done!

Ditto for me!

@MG Clive Since the OP has an MG5, rather than an MGS5, should this thread be moved??

@dx4100 Thanks again, and understood, again! Unfortunately, although my wife has an ICE car there's no room to park it in front of mine without also blocking access for my neighbours; we have a shared main drive, with my section of it just long enough to park the S5 in front of my garage door...

Agreed and understood! Have to make about a 80 - 90 mile journey later today so will have plenty of opportunity to fully recharge the 12V battery. And the booster pack worked brilliantly! Now about to phone my local MG garage!