Please take control of vehicle

[Rohnstrom]

Hi I just got my MG3 Hybrid.
I now got the message"please take control of vehicle" in red on display. Steering was heavy.
After slowing down the message disappeared.
Anyone has this message?

Storm

 

[MG Clive]

Had you just turned off the Cruise control or something like that, it sounds like the sort of message you'd get when exiting one of the autonomous features?

 

[Alb]

The handbook lists it as a fault condition:

Stop the vehicle as soon as safety permits, power off the
vehicle and contact an MG Authorised Repairer urgently
for service if the following warning messages appear:

• ESCL Fault, Consult Handbook
• EPS Assistance Failure, Consult Handbook
• Airbag Fault，Consult Handbook
• Vehicle Control System Fault, Please Stop Safely
• DANGER! Evacuate Vehicle Safely!
• Brake System Fault, Consult Handbook
• Brake Fluid Level Low, Consult Handbook
• High voltage battery failure, Please evacuate the car
immediately
• 12V Charge System fault, Please stop safely
• Please Take Control of the Vehicle

 

[Rohnstrom]

The handbook lists it as a fault condition:

Stop the vehicle as soon as safety permits, power off the
vehicle and contact an MG Authorised Repairer urgently
for service if the following warning messages appear:

• ESCL Fault, Consult Handbook
• EPS Assistance Failure, Consult Handbook
• Airbag Fault，Consult Handbook
• Vehicle Control System Fault, Please Stop Safely
• DANGER! Evacuate Vehicle Safely!
• Brake System Fault, Consult Handbook
• Brake Fluid Level Low, Consult Handbook
• High voltage battery failure, Please evacuate the car
immediately
• 12V Charge System fault, Please stop safely
• Please Take Control of the Vehicle

I read that too. I had an emergency service have a look and he said it has to do with lane assist on a street with no middle line going over 60 km per hour. That may have been the case.

Had you just turned off the Cruise control or something like that, it sounds like the sort of message you'd get when exiting one of the autonomous features?

I think it had to do with lane assist driving on a street with no middle line. I now switched off lane assist and hope I will not have the problem anymore.

 

[Deleted member 18108]

My pre-drive routine now involves turning off lane keep assist, because it and me were not getting along.

 

[Big Ears]

You can set it to off permanently in settings.

 

[Deleted member 18108]

I didn't think you could do it permanently as it seems to default back to ELK on restart. I'll have to go back into the manual again so.

 

[Rohnstrom]

You can set it to off permanently in settings.

Interesting! Where do I find setting to switch off permanently? Only got my car for less than a week ☺

 

[Big Ears]

I don't have it on ours, Not sure where the setting is as I'm not in the car and I forget stuff like that easily these days.

Have look at the user guide videos I posted, it'll be in one of those.

 

[Rohnstrom]

I don't have it on ours, Not sure where the setting is as I'm not in the car and I forget stuff like that easily these days.

Have look at the user guide videos I posted, it'll be in one of those.

Can you send me a link to your user guide video's? Thank you!

 

[MG Clive]

Can you send me a link to your user guide video's? Thank you!

It's posted above mate

 

[Big Ears]

Can you send me a link to your user guide video's? Thank you!

It is above your post as a video not a link.

More here too.

2024 Hybrid MG3 User guides SE & Trophy

These are some of the better videos on YouTube You may get asked if you want to subscribe but just click no and the videos will play, some may see adverts, usually with an option to skip after a few seconds I'll add others as he does them so at least they're all in a findable place. I found...

www.mgevs.com

 

[Rohnstrom]

I don't have it on ours, Not sure where the setting is as I'm not in the car and I forget stuff like that easily these days.

Have look at the user guide videos I posted, it'll be in one of those.

This is brilliant! You made this lady very happy!

One question: do you think that line assist can be responsible for the warning I started the thread for?

 

[Big Ears]

This is brilliant! You made this lady very happy!

One question: do you think that line assist can be responsible for the warning I started the thread for?

My pleasure milady

I can't answer that as I don't use lane assist, I'm 74 and an ex professional driver I have always used the lines as intended, sounds a bit naff but what I mean is I don't think the cars software can understand and interpret all the different lines that are on the roads and what they mean so I expect it to get confused and one of us is enough to be doing that

 

[Rohnstrom]

My pleasure milady

I can't answer that as I don't use lane assist, I'm 74 and an ex professional driver I have always used the lines as intended, sounds a bit naff but what I mean is I don't think the cars software can understand and interpret all the different lines that are on the roads and what they mean so I expect it to get confused and one of us is enough to be doing that

Aha! I am 73! Well anyway, the advise would be never to use line assist?
Greetings from the Netherlands!

 

[Big Ears]

Greetings from Yorkshire.