Content by DadOnTorque in February, 2026

My car is back to normal now. I just took it for a 30-minute drive. The first 15 minutes with data and hotspot off, and the rest with both switched on. I was asked to accept the EULA and iSmart terms again, and suddenly everything was working with data and hotspot on. I’m not sure if something...

That’s even worse. It makes the car so dependent on a central server that any failure could actually make it dangerous to drive

No serious car brand ignores its responsibilites for a holiday. If TEMU can ship through the Lunar New Year while SAIC shuts down, SAIC is basically begging to go out of business

Known issue that started yesterday. Looks like a server or update glitch. It’s pretty scary how much this actually messes with the car. MG needs to sort this out ASAP before people start turning on the car.

Not confirmed but seems to be an OTA connected to the E-call system and iSmart app. Hopefully the problem goes away soon.

Alot of owners in Norway are reporting this problem. Seems to be some kind of server issue. Also discussed in another thread here.

Since the car is always connected, and this issue is affecting many users simultaneously across different software versions—including those who recently updated to fix the heat pump issue—it is probably a server-side problem. Beyond the camera glitches, the entire UI is lagging and system...

This problem is reported widely among norwegian users today. Seems like its a server issue connected to MG, and not something in the software in the car itself.