This story appeared yesterday in the link below which I found after it popped up on the Sky News App this morning.
Seems Which? have managed to get MG to admit the automatic lane assist is dangerous in some situations with it pulling drivers forcefully, and sometimes without warning, into the opposite side of the road, sometimes when traffic is passing the other way.
They’ve said they’re working on an upgrade but in the meantime we’ll have to take a punt or muck about in submenus turning it off every time we turn the car on.
Used to be this unnecessary interference could be switched off permanently in the main screen.
The wife’s MG4 had a software update a few weeks back and now it has to be switched off every time it’s started.
She’s not best pleased as it’s a fiddly exercise in a sub menu and so it’s stayed on.
…..and on numerous occasions for me, it’s done just as Which? reported, steering me often with no audible prior warning very aggressively into the path of oncoming traffic.
On a regular route from our very rural village into Oakham it does it without fail in the same places every time so there’s obviously something it doesn’t like. But clearly the choices the car’s making puts those in the car and those in other cars at risk. Which makes it pointless.
I’m expecting the usual crowd saying some version of “ooh well you could turn it off”, or “the benefits outweigh anything else” (🤷‍♂️).
But ultimately it just shouldn’t be doing it. Or it should be possible to turn it off permanently without mucking about.
If this is a feature of all new cars at this point, any future cars we buy will be used not new and will have either a single dash button to turn it off each time the car is started or can be turned off permanently in a submenu.
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Seems Which? have managed to get MG to admit the automatic lane assist is dangerous in some situations with it pulling drivers forcefully, and sometimes without warning, into the opposite side of the road, sometimes when traffic is passing the other way.
They’ve said they’re working on an upgrade but in the meantime we’ll have to take a punt or muck about in submenus turning it off every time we turn the car on.
Used to be this unnecessary interference could be switched off permanently in the main screen.
The wife’s MG4 had a software update a few weeks back and now it has to be switched off every time it’s started.
She’s not best pleased as it’s a fiddly exercise in a sub menu and so it’s stayed on.
…..and on numerous occasions for me, it’s done just as Which? reported, steering me often with no audible prior warning very aggressively into the path of oncoming traffic.
On a regular route from our very rural village into Oakham it does it without fail in the same places every time so there’s obviously something it doesn’t like. But clearly the choices the car’s making puts those in the car and those in other cars at risk. Which makes it pointless.
I’m expecting the usual crowd saying some version of “ooh well you could turn it off”, or “the benefits outweigh anything else” (🤷‍♂️).
But ultimately it just shouldn’t be doing it. Or it should be possible to turn it off permanently without mucking about.
If this is a feature of all new cars at this point, any future cars we buy will be used not new and will have either a single dash button to turn it off each time the car is started or can be turned off permanently in a submenu.
Which? claims dangerous flaw on MG4 EV, Apple Watch '10' could be biggest yet - ShinyShiny
The MG4, one of Britain's most popular electric cars, has a 'potentially dangerous' issue that could put drivers and other road users at risk
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