URGENT INFO WANTED REGARDING MG ZS EV POWER LOSS ISSUE

[Lightpainter]

I'm a journalist researching for an article I'm writing (for syndication) specifically about the MG ZS EV and any safety issue problems any driver has had with the vehicle stopping abruptly, loss of power or loss of control. This is in connection with someone who has had this happen twice with their ZS EV within 2 days and was a near fatal incident on the motorway. Please contact me ASAP here or by email at [email protected] for which I will be most grateful. Many thanks.

 

[DB Go Rex]

1. State a reference for the incident you mention.

2. I would warn anyone responding to offer information to tread carefully. Sounds like fishing for info that results in a very one sided story.

3. The email address listed is also listed here:

Art House Art Fayre at Leeds Kirkgate Market.

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www.theartfulrambler.com

Which says to me you aren't who you say you are...

 

[Lightpainter]

1. State a reference for the incident you mention.

2. I would warn anyone responding to offer information to tread carefully. Sounds like fishing for info that results in a very one sided story.

3. The email address listed is also listed here:

Art House Art Fayre at Leeds Kirkgate Market.

ART HOUSE ART FAYRE (AHAF) Saturday 21st May 2022The Art House Art Fayre (AHAF) event is free admission to the public. Art lovers can expect a diverse range of quality contemporary art and high quality craft on display from artists and crafters primarily from Leeds and Yorkshire. Some artists...

www.theartfulrambler.com

Which says to me you aren't who you say you are...

I am both a journalist and someone who runs art markets. I used to review restaurants for sugarvine.com and was always fair. So, I am entirely who I say I am. 'Fishing' for information for sure. I need real world examples of anything similar as this incident was extremely serious and does affect not only MG ZS EV drivers, but everyone on the road. But I appreciate your good intentions.

 

[Gadget Geek]

I would contact some Daily Mail journalists, they apparently have many examples of this kind of thing (although, verifying the information may be problematic).

Also, I am curious of why MG is being singled out as there are many brands who have similar claims of these kinds of faults.

Every vehicle which has advanced driver assistance features suffers from what has been called "ghost braking" or "phantom braking", even Tesla, who are the industry leaders in autonomy.

 

[Rob24]

My Boss at work was driving down a motorway a while back in a KIA; the cruse control and Sat Nav were switched on. Whilst travelling at over 60mph going under a motorway road junction the car locked up and skidded almost to a halt.
Apparently the cruise control thought the car was on the slip road and locked up at 60mph when it thought it was at the roundabout above.
Fortunately nobody was close enough behind to cause a collision.

So if the question is does anyone who drives a car know of an example where it automatically locked the brakes up at speed, I know someone.

Rob

 

[Lightpainter]

I would contact some Daily Mail journalists, they apparently have many examples of this kind of thing (although, verifying the information may be problematic).

Also, I am curious of why MG is being singled out as there are many brands who have similar claims of these kinds of faults.

Every vehicle which has advanced driver assistance features suffers from what has been called "ghost braking" or "phantom braking", even Tesla, who are the industry leaders in autonomy.

Thanks for this. MG because this has been brought to my attention and MG gave been uncooperative even in the light of an AA breakdown test analysis. I have not excluded the possibility this is a problem beyond the MG brand. I'm starting with what we have and working my way out. The ADA may well be a problem. In the case I am familiar with there was a total power loss immediately after the brakes were applied in snowy conditions. Thanks for your help and valued suggestions.

 

[m4rmite]

Brought to your attention? Who are you? the transport secretary?
You posted over at speakev

 

[DB Go Rex]

I am both a journalist and someone who runs art markets. I used to review restaurants for sugarvine.com and was always fair. So, I am entirely who I say I am. 'Fishing' for information for sure. I need real world examples of anything similar as this incident was extremely serious and does affect not only MG ZS EV drivers, but everyone on the road. But I appreciate your good intentions.

Running an art market and doing the odd restaurant review doesn't make you an investigative journalist with chops to take on a potentially libellous case on a possible safety issue on a vehicle.

What publication are you working for?

 

[Lightpainter]

Running an art market and doing the odd restaurant review doesn't make you an investigative journalist with chops to take on a potentially libialous case on a possible safety issue on a vehicle.

What publication are you working for?

Please reserve your opinion. My work for sugarvine was not 'the odd review'. Thank you for discrediting people with more than one talent. I am an independent freelance and have been before the Internet was invented or popularised. Please don't waste my time or anyone else's. Decorum and respect is called for on the forum. This is a serious case.that affects everyone. Please assist or refrain from comment.

 

[Guru]

The ZS mk1 did suffer from a problem which could cause the main fuse in the HV battery pack to blow leading to a total loss of power including a loss of power steering and brake assistance. This was identified and rectified through a recall. Ours had it done back in 2021 however we never had that problem.

 

[Lightpainter]

The ZS mk1 did suffer from a problem which could cause the main fuse in the HV battery pack to blow leading to a total loss of power including a loss of power steering and brake assistance. This was identified and rectified through a recall. Ours had it done back in 2021 however we never had that problem.

Many thanks Guru. That's very useful to know. The vehicle which suffered the problem that I'm aware of was registered in December 2021. Much appreciated.

 

[DB Go Rex]

Please reserve your opinion. My work for sugarvine was not 'the odd review'. Thank you for discrediting people with more than one talent. I am an independent freelance and have been before the Internet was invented or popularised. Please don't waste my time or anyone else's. Decorum and respect is called for on the forum. This is a serious case.that affects everyone. Please assist or refrain from comment.

I’m not sure you understand how forums like this work. You don’t get to stop people from commenting.

You’ve signed up with the sole intent to dig for dirt without any credibility and you expect to do that without any scrutiny? Interesting strategy…

 

[Alb]

You'll need to clear this activity with the site owner.
I suggest you contact Stuart Wright by PM.

 

[Stuart Wright]

Thread unlocked.
I'm the site owner.

There are reasons why, in normal operation, any EV will

• stop abruptly - the autonomous emergency braking system working normally
• lose control - (momentarily) when the lane keep assist system steers the wheel

both of which are useful safety features and

• lose power - when the battery is flat

which will hardly be a surprise.
So the devil being in the detail and

the vehicle stopping abruptly, loss of power or loss of control

being things that are not necessarily dramatic, unexpected events, what story have you heard that leads you to conclude there is a problem?

MG EV drivers will not be deaf to real issues. We discuss them a lot here as no car is perfect.
But we have seen zero evidence of any dramatic, life threatening incident such as one you are intimating and since almost everyone here has had thousands of driving miles without any such incident, we will naturally be sceptical that any such incident happened until good evidence is provided.

Also the EV driving community is sick of hack, big oil shills writing BS misinformation, anti-EV stories, so any 'journalist' wanting to create such a story will not necessarily be welcomed with open arms here.

 

[CCMG]

I've extensively driven 5 cars in my life, a Yaris, a Land rover, a Qashqai, a ZS EV, and an EQA.

The petrol Qashqai is the only one that has ever erroneously emergency braked for me when it didn't need to.
The diesel Land Rover is the only one that has had a power loss issue (among many others).

I'll happily talk about how poo Land Rovers are.

 

[unbornidentity]

You could always just make stuff up as that’s what most journalists do about EV’s.

Personally I’d go with a story about the batteries being so heavy the car fell into a sinkhole it created, as the road couldn’t take the weight.

That would explain a loss of control and it suddenly stopping. Job done!

 

[fred12345]

I'm a journalist researching for an article I'm writing (for syndication) specifically about the MG ZS EV and any safety issue problems any driver has had with the vehicle stopping abruptly, loss of power or loss of control. This is in connection with someone who has had this happen twice with their ZS EV within 2 days and was a near fatal incident on the motorway. Please contact me ASAP here or by email at [email protected] for which I will be most grateful. Many thanks.

Never heard of anything like that happening on MG ZS EV but I've heard of someone who says his car just happened to accelerate by itself in a parking lot and that his passenger clearly saw his feet were nowhere near the accelerator pedal ... ? .

So what exactly happened to that person that says it happened? He drove one day, this near-fatal incident happened and then without any worry in the world they drove the same car again on motorway within 2 days without having it checked?

And what did AA recovery say about it - presumably they couldn't drive after that as the car was unsafe?

And what did MG garage tell him about it? Presumably they had it checked?

Would be nice to share the info with us if there is a potential problem .... No?

 

[DBedford]

Sames question has been asked by Lightpainter on other forums. can't see why we should anwser.

Here's mine, I'd like a holiday in the USA pains for by you, please give me money, by bank details are: xxxxx

 

[Exdro]

Thanks for this. MG because this has been brought to my attention and MG gave been uncooperative even in the light of an AA breakdown test analysis. I have not excluded the possibility this is a problem beyond the MG brand. I'm starting with what we have and working my way out. The ADA may well be a problem. In the case I am familiar with there was a total power loss immediately after the brakes were applied in snowy conditions. Thanks for your help and valued suggestions.

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[Stuart Wright]

I think @Lightpainter will have got their story elsewhere and will never come back here.