Mg4 trophy refused to drive off

[kelloggs]

Strange one happened to me yesterday. I got in the car as usual. The screen lit up etc as usual . Put it in drive , no movement. Checked and there were no lights on the drive rotary knob. I put it in park ,tried reverse and drive, nothing. I went to the car settings screen and hit the shutdown button. Lifted my capacious butt off the seat and back again to restart. Lo and behold, everything was back to normal. First time event for me, has anyone ever had to do this before?

 

[Deleted member 11291]

Strange one happened to me yesterday. I got in the car as usual. The screen lit up etc as usual . Put it in drive , no movement. Checked and there were no lights on the drive rotary knob. I put it in park ,tried reverse and drive, nothing. I went to the car settings screen and hit the shutdown button. Lifted my capacious butt off the seat and back again to restart. Lo and behold, everything was back to normal. First time event for me, has anyone ever had to do this before?

Hi yes has happened to a number of us. You may have been a microsecond too quick on start up, for all the systems to sync. ??
All you can do is as you did. CTRL/ALT/DELETE!

 

[kelloggs]

Ok thanks for the info. First time in 2 years, I’ll have to slow down even more.

 

[Tig170]

Ok thanks for the info. First time in 2 years, I’ll have to slow down even more.

23 months in also and only happended once, albeit at traffic lights, fellow road users were very patient whilst I rebooted the car.

 

[Kithmo]

I don't touch the brake pedal until the infotainment screen has fully booted up.

 

[Tig170]

I don't touch the brake pedal until the infotainment screen has fully booted up.

On mine (ver 1 : SE, 2022), it seems to be the seat belt that dictates whether you can select drive.

 

[Deleted member 11291]

On mine (ver 1 : SE, 2022), it seems to be the seat belt that dictates whether you can select drive.

Not had to go that far with mine, I can select D or R when manoeuvring in and out of my garage.

 

[Tight Git]

I can also move forward and backwards in my Nov22 SE SR without the seatbelt on.

 

[Kithmo]

I can move mine with the seat belt off and/or with a door open. It flashes a message on the driver's screen if a door is open and shows which one.

 

[Jonoffun]

Strange one happened to me yesterday. I got in the car as usual. The screen lit up etc as usual . Put it in drive , no movement. Checked and there were no lights on the drive rotary knob. I put it in park ,tried reverse and drive, nothing. I went to the car settings screen and hit the shutdown button. Lifted my capacious butt off the seat and back again to restart. Lo and behold, everything was back to normal. First time event for me, has anyone ever had to do this before?

Yup - I was really worried when it happened to me. So I got out, locked and then unlocked, got back in and thank heavens it worked. As others have said I think I jumped in too fast the first time!

 

[jackhill1]

Strange one happened to me yesterday. I got in the car as usual. The screen lit up etc as usual . Put it in drive , no movement. Checked and there were no lights on the drive rotary knob. I put it in park ,tried reverse and drive, nothing. I went to the car settings screen and hit the shutdown button. Lifted my capacious butt off the seat and back again to restart. Lo and behold, everything was back to normal. First time event for me, has anyone ever had to do this before?

This also happened to me two days ago. Your actions was exactly what I did all working since. Bit worrying.

 

[tsedge]

Has your car ever had any software updates? I am thinking there may well have been updates to fix this ever occurring and some have them and some don't.

 

[kelloggs]

Has your car ever had any software updates? I am thinking there may well have been updates to fix this ever occurring and some have them and some don't.

Yes it’s pretty much up to date. I don’t think I jumped in too quickly either but we’ll see what happens.

 

[Fluffykins]

It's Ok during the day when I set the round knob to D for daytime but if I try N for nighttime after the sun goes down, the damn car won't move. It's even worse if I select R for Rain. The car insists on just going backwards.

 

[kelloggs]

It's Ok during the day when I set the round knob to D for daytime but if I try N for nighttime after the sun goes down, the damn car won't move. It's even worse if I select R for Rain. The car insists on just going backwards.

Much like the Prndel stick on my old bmw 730??

 

[kelloggs]

Just to follow up. Mg4 has been in for updates to”cure” this and crazy emergency braking etc. got it back and it now refuses to handshake with dc chargers. We found out after a 2 day trip to Leicester and just made it back home with no aircon, steamy windows etc. Crazy emergency braking still there. It’s going back in tomorrow fingers crossed

 

[kelloggs]

No joy today. They fitted a new part and update , no details yet, didn’t fix anything so I’m waiting for MG uk to give them the thumbs up, sort out a courtesy car and have another go. I’m getting concerned as we need to get to Southampton for a cruise soon , 400mile round trip with no dc charging? Not going to happen in a trophy LR is it!