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Also - be aware that if your car has passive locking the key(fob) needs to be out of range from the car when it's parked up, otherwise the body electrics will be kept alive and eventually run the battery down. So if your car is garaged, take the keyfob out of the car and keep it out of range/distance from the car-
Had a mate who had heaps of flat battery issues with his monster Chrysler 300C a...

So a couple of tips for anyone who finds themselves in this situation.
1 Think ahead and don't get into the situation.

2 There is a square socket on the inside of the door by the lock which operates the latch. It gave me more movement than the actual handle did, and I got the door onto the little springy catch .

3 This gave me a little bit of clearance on the outside so I ...

Jan,

Your symptoms remind me of something I watched about Range Rover hybrids where the 12V battery was charged off the main battery and failure to charge was due to a failure in the the main battery system. JLR could supply a new battery, if available, for around £25k which wasn't economical, an aftermarket company could do the repair/replacement for far less.

Hopefully your i...

We have A Toyota CHR that gave problems during covid times when it had little use where once the battery dropped below 10 volts it could not even be recognised by the battery charger so had to be jump started and run for around 15 minutes before it would accept the charger.
The dealer advised using a solar panel but not to buy from AA or other outlets as it could result in damage to the vehicl...

Jan, mine shows service battery voltage on my App
Currently says 12.3v and it's fairly cold, though above freezing tonight.

Our one year old Toyta Cross has failed to start twice due to a flat 12v battery. The Toyota breakdown service has acted promptly and started the car using a jump pack. We only do abot 3000 miles in a year and apparently this is insufficient to charge the 12v battery. We are now advised to run the car, in park, for an hour each week. It appears all hybrids are the same and do not have an alternato...

Thanks JRB, but no hinge pins fitted yet, and no front doors. To lift the doors off the hinges I need about 10 mms clearance at the top of the door under the water channel . I don't have anywhere near that.
However your wiggle room comment makes me wonder if I can get a bit of sideways movement ? Maybe just enough ? We shall see .
Cheers John B

The FB forums seem to have taken over a lot of the traffic. The MGA Fan Club is one quite active group.

I think I would undo the hinge pin bolts to give some wiggle room before I started cutting anything.

Perfect, thanks Alan. Now added to my supplier list and my phone contacts :-)