Collision prevention

[deats01]

Collision prevention assist - as previously reported by several posts there are many common software glitches. One that concerns me that has not been validated is collision prevention assist, I’m not convinced this is working. The only time the car adapts speed/brakes is when in cruise control. Other than this, I have almost banged into car in front and there seems to be no intervention. Has anyone experienced this?

 

[Alb]

Assume you are talking about Forward Collision Assist?
There's a huge list of caveats in the owner's manual so it's best to check them first but if you still think it isn't working, get your hands on some large (empty) cardboard boxes and do your own dynamic test!

 

[TimothyN]

I had a slightly odd thing today.

I went to park at the side of the road and having driven into a bay, I then reversed back about three bays, and, as I did, a car coming in the opposite direction came in and followed me in, so as to end up bumper to bumper in the next bay. (He was driving forward, I was reversing, just to be clear).

But at some point in that process my car jammed its brakes on, presumably because it thought that that other car was getting too close. It was a bit weird.

 

[cd1yat]

Mine works, I think it has been coded to provide a lot less false positives than in my previous MG4. The 5S triggered this moiring on the way in to work when someone moved from the oncomin traffic in to my lane to pass a bus without enough room. I was comfortable with the response and response time