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We've had our 5 LR for 3 years now and just got used to the drop in efficiency during winter and usually get 3 miles/kWh when around 4c or below and the heater at around 23c. I always thought the heater was rather efficient until recently. As an experiment I set the heater to low and now I...

Fine, but I'm not convinced it's the correct jack as described in the manual. The jack and wheel were purchased from the MG dealer so I suspect it's just a common jack one gets from any motorist retail outlet. The jack is the same as any I've had with all cars I've had.

Electric vehicles tend to be a fair bit heavier than petrol/diesel equivalents due to the batteries. Check this article. My MG5 came supplied with tyres that were not extra load rated. When it came to replacing fronts tyre garage mentioned that they should have been rated as extra load. It...

Through trial and error I tried it on that lip between the notches and it worked. I've no idea what the domed head of the jack is nor the corresponding recess. The space saver wheel and jack came with car ('71 LR Exclusive) from new. Also check the tyre pressure of the space saver tyre; mine...

I bought an MG space saver wheel with jack from MG but I cannot see where the jack fits. The manual on page 232 says "Note that the domed head of the jack must fit into the corresponding recess in the sill plate (There is a triangle indicator ...)". The jack has no doomed head and I cannot see...

Only just seen your reply. Inside tyre wear on rear tyres after about 30k miles. The infotainment system reboots occasionally. Washer pipe to rear window that runs up front right A pillar detached. Huge depreciation from new! We've had a ridiculous number of tyre punctures that we've not...

71 LR Exclusive from new. We do about 15k a year, down from 20k initially so now at 40k. It's worked for us only because we do local miles and have a home charger (Ohme Pro) with Octopus Intelligent tariff. We've saved about £3k+ on fuel through home charging. If we relied on public chargers...

My rear tyres lasted 35k miles. I had a rear puncture only to discover that both rears had worn smooth insides. Tyre fitter said that rear wheels are fixed and can not be adjusted. The tyres were original from new as Cooper Xeons. On checking these they are not available in Europe but only on...

I stopped using mine the moment I heard a jet of water from what appeared to be the dash. In that case nothing was obvious. I booked in at MG for next month but decided to have a go. Another attempt at using the washer I heard the splash but was now definitely from A-pillar and got a few drips...

I've just experienced the leaking rear window washer leaking into to drivers footwell. Here's some pictures to help others. When I turned the dial for the rear window wash it sounded as if the water was being squirted behind the dashboard directly in front of the driver. It's most likely to be...

Tried to book repair of rear screen washer pipe squirting under dash area only to be told that they are closing down. Not relocating but complete shutdown and site to be redevolped. No information as to whether MG franchise is being taken on by anyone else. Needless to say chap sounded pretty...

I'm looking for some help on clarifying tyre specification for our 71 reg 5 Long Range that came with Cooper tyres. We just had a puncture that required a new tyre. It was noticed that the original tyres are Standard Load which I'm told would be an Mot failure. I've replaced the fronts with...

Does anyone see any effect with adjusting the intermittent wiper dial on the stalk? Each time I use ours I do not see any change in the wipers frequency of sweep.

We've just completed our first year in 5LR at 20k with home charging (Ohme Pro with Bulb EV) showing £759 plus guesstimate rapid charging of about £100. This distance in our old diesel would have been about £3k at 50mpg and £1.60/l. This makes for about £2k saving on fuel.

There's been a lot of cases of the front/rear washer tube joints popping in sub zero weather. When they thaw your screen wash gets dumped inside the car each time you try to use it.

I always thought the rear view mirror was rubbish at auto dimming until I realised that the centre rear headrest might be blocking the view. I removed the headrest and it works like a charm now.

The second interpretation. The TPMS is showing the correct pressure but I would have expected it to alert me that they were in fact under pressure.

I'd normally preplan longer journeys for rapid charging at 30% and look for a Podpoint at Lidl or Tesco away from motorways to get to 80%. I use Zapmap which is okay but is a bit clumsy. Don't assume large towns in densely populated areas have decent chargers. For example Aylesbury is rubbish...

Just a point from my lesson learnt. When we got our 5LR a year ago the tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS) showed the tyres at 2.0 bar. After coming back from its first service it was still 2.0 bar. So I've always assumed 2.0 bar was correct until I read the pressure figures inside the...