Took my MG4 Trophy LR on a longish (for us) run from Essex to Dorset on Tuesday 11th Feb, a distance of about 150 miles. We stopped a Fleet services on the M3 to top up; I probably could have made it in one go but would have arrived with very little remaining charge. Plenty of chargers available so selected one at random and proceeded to plug the car in after a wrestling match with the cable which turned out to be twisted. Having reached the pre-set charge of 80%, the car duly ended the charge and I atempted to remove the charging cable, attempted being the operative word. It would not come free despite all my efforts and I was forced to resort to a call to the RAC. Despite being informed that the wait for an engineer was likely to be be 2 to 2 1/2 hours, a guy actually arrived after about 45 minutes fortunately.
Problem turned out to be the 12v battery which, although being in charge mode, wasn't actually charging and had run flat due to the climate control, heating etc. running while we were charging resulting in insufficient power to unlock the charging plug. The fix was a 'soft reset' ie removing and replacing one of the battery terminals and all was fine once again. Note to self: carry a 10mm spanner in glove box!
Problem turned out to be the 12v battery which, although being in charge mode, wasn't actually charging and had run flat due to the climate control, heating etc. running while we were charging resulting in insufficient power to unlock the charging plug. The fix was a 'soft reset' ie removing and replacing one of the battery terminals and all was fine once again. Note to self: carry a 10mm spanner in glove box!