MG4 Trophy Focus Warning Alert (Fix incoming)

[Whiskey Foxtrot]

This is not fitted to SE.

 

[Ian Key]

This is not fitted to SE.

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Might be retro unfitted on the LR

 

[siteguru]

This is not fitted to SE.

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If you have an SE then I have to take your word for it.

Also interestingly - the manual puts an asterisk against that feature yet doesn't (seem to) define what the asterisk represents.

 

[Whiskey Foxtrot]

Here you go..... ?

 

[Nigelleics]

Yes, I was getting it constantly on the motorway home last night. Very distracting.

 

[AdamMGEV]

A very helpful chap at Luscombes told me to try this, as it stores some settings on other models;

go to settings -> Disable the drowsiness warning
press and hold the home button under the screen for 10s to reset the system to save the setting

Did this at lunchtime - turned car off / on again and it did seem to remember the change but won’t get chance to see if it’s disabled it fully on the road until tomorrow now.

Unfortunately it didn’t remember the driving mode though - gonna have to relent and add this to the user button rather than the heating

Tried that... when I switch the car back on the setting is still off..... however over a certain speed (something like 35 mph maybe) it switches back on.

If you block the sensor it gives you another warning.

 

[Harry 17]

Tried that... when I switch the car back on the setting is still off..... however over a certain speed (something like 35 mph maybe) it switches back on.

If you block the sensor it gives you another warning.

Thanks anyway, for the tip to turn off the warning tone under the turning off the DDW function. And this has remained off.

All I get now it the caption now and then, but I can deal with that, and as the fix is rumoured to be coming out soon, no longer an issue for me.

 

[Taq]

Tried that... when I switch the car back on the setting is still off..... however over a certain speed (something like 35 mph maybe) it switches back on.

If you block the sensor it gives you another warning.

Darn! was worth a shot though.

 

[Taq]

Drowsiness camera is definitely not a feature on the SE as we just picked ours up and was the first thing I checked

 

[D1no]

Check the fuses in the manual and see if it has a new warning if it's not operational

 

[Ian Key]

Check the fuses in the manual and see if it has a new warning if it's not operational

Fuse F13 in the passenger fuse box. Page 271 of the owners manual.

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[Taq]

Rather than disabling the warning, disabling the alert sound underneath the disable warning button works a treat, 175mile driven and hardly noticed it today ??

Another bonus the car seems to remember the audible alert is disabled when you turn the vehicle off.

the message still appears every time I twitch but ha ho at least no sound ??? Enjoying the car sooooo much now that’s stopped

 

[Lovemyev]

The “Think about taking a rest break” tea cup ️ warning has been a thing on VAG cars for a long time.
But it only warns after a couple of hours of driving.

 

[Taq]

The “Think about taking a rest break” tea cup ️ warning has been a thing on VAG cars for a long time.
But it only warns after a couple of hours of driving.

That would make more sense

 

[Stuart Wright]

The worst thing about my 20 minute test drive of the MG4 Trophy was the alert telling me to keep my eyes in the road. It kept going off even when I was glancing at the speed in the display behind the steering wheel. Maybe it’s because I’m 6’3 and had the seat pretty much all the way back.

It’s a good idea in principle to prompt drivers to look at the road. But the execution is poor and the software needs improving. I think a system like this needs a lot of refinement and it feels like a beta release.

I didn’t have the opportunity in the limited time of the test drive to explore how to turn it off.

I tried holding my thumb over the sensor for a while and it didn’t go off then. Maybe you can stick something over it permanently.

Anyone else having this annoying problem? Did you try covering the sensor?

 

[AdamMGEV]

The worst thing about my 20 minute test drive was the alert telling me to keep my eyes in the road. It kept going off even when I was glancing at the speed in the display behind the steering wheel. Maybe it’s because I’m 6’3 and had the seat pretty much all the way back.
I tried holding my thumb over the sensor for a while and it didn’t go off then. Maybe you can stick something over it permanently.

Anyone else having this annoying problem? Did you try covering the sensor?

Yes everyone having the same problem. You can turn the audio alert off but not the actual alert on the screen.

If you cover the sensor up for a while you just get another warning. There's another thread about this been going a while and we all hope MG does something about it.

I emailed customer services and they said this is how it is. If you change most settings they just revert when you switch the car back on. Very annoying

 

[Stuart Wright]

I don’t see a thread with focus warning in the title. For SEO purposes, there needs to be one.

If you change most settings they just revert when you switch the car back on. Very annoying

It’s beta software in a release product, then. This feels like similar to the initial software in the ZS EV. The MG software people aren’t awesome. My background is software development. Remembering settings is a basic requirement that I would have ensured happens on the car out of the box.

 

[Gem10]

The Direct Driver Monitoring System is only present on the Trophy spec. SE owners do not have this issue.

 

[Gem10]

I don’t see a thread with focus warning in the title. For SEO purposes, there needs to be one.

It’s beta software in a release product, then. This feels like similar to the initial software in the ZS EV. The MG software people aren’t awesome. My background is software development. Remembering settings is a basic requirement that I would have ensured happens on the car out of the box.

It is not unusual for settings that are designed for "safety" to reset or self enable when the car is switched on again. Some cars even reset the autohold everytime you turn off the car.

 

[Stuart Wright]

The Direct Driver Monitoring System is only present on the Trophy spec. SE owners do not have this issue.

Well hopefully they fix this in the Trophy before my partner gets one. It’s going to be a while and if MG react like they did with the ZS EV, they should fix it in an update relatively soon.