Seatbelt / Reversing

[DaevM]

As one of the few and far between allowances for not wearing a seatbelt in the UK, why does my MG4 prevent me from moving when I'm in reverse until I connect my seatbelt ( sometimes) ?

 

[Kithmo]

Mine lets me move in R or D without the seatbelt on and/or with a door open no problem.
IIRC, this used to be a problem with the early ZS ev if Auto hold was on, it doesn't make any difference on my 4 though, I have auto hold on.
It may be something to do with which update your car is on, mine's still on R33 (which is not the latest) with no problems.

 

[DaevM]

Mine lets me move in R or D without the seatbelt on and/or with a door open no problem.
IIRC, this used to be a problem with the early ZS ev if Auto hold was on, it doesn't make any difference on my 4 though, I have auto hold on.
It may be something to do with which update your car is on, mine's still on R33 (which is not the latest) with no problems.

As I say, it's intermittent. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. I think it did it when I first got the car and was trying to reverse it into my extremely narrow tetris garage, then it didn't do it for ages. It's probably been something like 80/20, not doing it/doing it. Just enough to make it irritating ?

 

[Martinonline]

With my Trophy (R33 and autohold on), I once opened the driver's door when reversing and the car activated the parking brake, gave a sudden jolt and emitted a nasty grunching sound. I have not tried it since. Occasionally I can manoeuvre the car slowly with a seat belt.

 

[OriginalBigAl]

Release the handbrake manually before selecting R. I've not tried it with the door open though,

 

[Kithmo]

As I say, it's intermittent. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. I think it did it when I first got the car and was trying to reverse it into my extremely narrow tetris garage, then it didn't do it for ages. It's probably been something like 80/20, not doing it/doing it. Just enough to make it irritating ?

80/20 is about normal for software glitches on mine.
The radio not coming back on after losing the signal, Bluetooth not automatically connecting to my phone, the infotainment system taking 30 seconds or more to boot up and Android auto working as soon as I connect the cable to my phone all seem to work ok 80% of the time.

 

[DaevM]

Release the handbrake manually before selecting R. I've not tried it with the door open though,

Funnily enough I tried this earlier for the first time when it didn't automatically release and it worked - obvious I suppose, thinking about it ?.
Not gonna try it with doors open if there's nasty grunching sounds and jolting involved though.

80/20 is about normal for software glitches on mine.
The radio not coming back on after losing the signal, Bluetooth not automatically connecting to my phone, the infotainment system taking 30 seconds or more to boot up and Android auto working as soon as I connect the cable to my phone all seem to work ok 80% of the time.

Weirdly enough, another thing that happened just after I bought it in March and hasn't happened since... until today, is the steering wheel control not working or being verrrrrry delayed for radio volume.
Probably due to solar flares ?

 

[Tig170]

Its not something I've noticed, maybe I always belt up, I do know that no issues going forward with out a belt on through

 

[QLeo]

As one of the few and far between allowances for not wearing a seatbelt in the UK, why does my MG4 prevent me from moving when I'm in reverse until I connect my seatbelt ( sometimes) ?

Can probably confirm what @OriginalBigAl says. We have to go through two gates to get up our track, and occasionally the car wouldn't go without putting the seatbelt back on. I then found that it's the parking brake. Just manually release that, and it goes without demanding the seatbelt is done up. This now works consistently.

 

[fnegroni]

It doesn’t prevent you. It makes it harder to do it by accident

 

[DaevM]

It doesn’t prevent you. It makes it harder to do it by accident

It certainly makes it harder to do on purpose ? ... prevent just about covers it. ?

 

[OriginalBigAl]

Funnily enough I tried this earlier for the first time when it didn't automatically release and it worked - obvious I suppose, thinking about it ?.
Not gonna try it with doors open if there's nasty grunching sounds and jolting involved though.


Weirdly enough, another thing that happened just after I bought it in March and hasn't happened since... until today, is the steering wheel control not working or being verrrrrry delayed for radio volume.
Probably due to solar flares ?

Mine does this from time to time , to increase / decrease the volume try " double clicking" ie flick up once then press up again. It should not matter which pants you are wearing 70s or otherwise ,unless you have Bay City Rollers on the radio at the time!

 

[DaevM]

Mine does this from time to time , to increase / decrease the volume try " double clicking" ie flick up once then press up again. It should not matter which pants you are wearing 70s or otherwise ,unless you have Bay City Rollers on the radio at the time!

Now that you mention it.... ?. It's so rare I drive it I may just have forgotten about that {ahem}