Brakes didn't work, auto assist didn't work, crashed!

[hmadsen]

Yes, you are quite right hmadsen. My description of what happened was incorrect/not clear. When I had this issue on my driveway, although it wasn't really an issue as the car only moved forward a foot or so, it was after I had removed my foot from the brake then reapplied it clumsily at an angle brushing the accelerator the tiniest bit before the brakes had engaged while the car was in auto hold. In cases like that the car does move. I went & tried this again this afternoon. If the throttle is brushed a bit more heavily it's not hard to imagine the car could move forward a bit quick & cause the drivers foot to come off the brake pedal. It also has the effect of momentarily startling the driver. It did me. However, I still can't see how the car in a situation like this would keep rushing forward colliding with other vehicles unless the driver had his or her foot on the throttle.

Trust me, i know the situation where the foot applied to the brake, slips and hits the accelerator.

PS. Wife was driving and this accident was 100% on the other driver, whose foot slipped while the car was in reverse and he had his foot on the brake....Initially atleast

 

[JoanneMatheson]

Very interested to read all of this. I've had an MG ZS EV registered end of 2020 for three months now, and have had various glitches with the parking brake refusing to engage or disengage, one occasion when it started rolling forwards immediately after turning off, and last week it started rolling backwards whilst I was unloading from the front passenger seat, a minute or two after parking and switching off. Inevitably the dealership have said that the diagnostic check couldn't find a fault so there is nothing they can do. Regarding all the comments about "it couldn't do this if 'X' was the case" - any electronics engineer will tell you that with electronics, nothing is impossible.

I'd be interested to hear how anyone else has managed to resolve these sorts of issues. I hear that MG are generally unhelpful. I had intended to get another one once this situation is sorted, but I won't if MG fail to address these sorts of serious safety issues.
Thanks