The "Coffee Cup" alert.

[Ian Key]

Do you know how to turn it off please?

On the MG4 tap the car icon on the right of the infotainment screen, MG Pilot tab, scroll down and switch Driver attention warning system to off.

It resets to on every time you start the car.

 

[ReintjeWA]

Do you know how to turn it off please?

The little orange coffee cup warning symbol continued to flash and the audible 'bong' continued until my wife googled it and found that it was related to a setting in the MG Pilot. When the Driver Alertness monitor was turned off the coffee cup and audio alert stopped.

It's in the post you quoted, but keep in mind this is for an MG4, and your profile states you're driving a ZS Hybrid+ so may not apply to your car.

 

[numblittlebug97]

On the MG4 tap the car icon on the right of the infotainment screen, MG Pilot tab, scroll down and switch Driver attention warning system to off.

It resets to on every time you start the car.

Thank you

 

[numblittlebug97]

It's in the post you quoted, but keep in mind this is for an MG4, and your profile states you're driving a ZS Hybrid+ so may not apply to your car.

Thank you, sorry missed that bit. It's the same thankfully

 

[HPMD]

On the MG4 tap the car icon on the right of the infotainment screen, MG Pilot tab, scroll down and switch Driver attention warning system to off.

It resets to on every time you start the car.

How can I deactivate permanently- my coffee cup. Starts beeping before it reach the end if my drive 20 metres. I fund it a hindrance and dangerous

 

[ReintjeWA]

How can I deactivate permanently- my coffee cup. Starts beeping before it reach the end if my drive 20 metres. I fund it a hindrance and dangerous

This is the MG4 forum, on the MG4 it cannot be disabled permanently. Perhaps ask for advise in the ZS Hybrid forum for a better response.

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Although if it keeps coming back on it is most likely the same as the MG4 and a requirement for a high NCAP star rating. Which means there is nothing we can do about it.

 

[pjmmk]

It's nannying gone mad. Anybody that needs the car to tell them when they're tired shouldn't be on the road.

 

[fnegroni]

It's nannying gone mad. Anybody that needs the car to tell them when they're tired shouldn't be on the road.

You might grumble about the car’s cheeky 'take a break' alerts, but let’s face it—a sudden nod off is no laughing matter. Some of us don’t even realize we’re exhausted until it’s too late, so I'd rather get a sassy nudge before I unknowingly drift off at the wheel.

 

[Creamfields]

I have a phase 1 trophy with the camera module. It had a fatigue management warning light on from purchase until it was finally resolved by the dealer on the fourth visit. Unfortunately that fix has now resulted in a "Do Not Drive Whilst Fatigued" error and associated bongs going off almost constantly.

The original error has now come back on the last day or two and has deactivated the fatigue warnings. I'm not sure if an always on, but silent, warning triangle on the dash is better or worse than the constant bonging!

 

[EvTek23]

I have a later phase 1 where the camera module is not present. I get the coffee cup and bonging on some journeys. I'm not sure what parameters it looks at to trigger the alarm. One theory I had was that it looks at the number of lane departure warnings, although I like to place the car in the offside of the lane to avoid potholes etc, which does cause more lane departure warnings.
I've also seen pay attention to the road ahead messages, and a warning of keeping both hands on the steering wheel (or similar wording) how it works all this out I'm not sure unless it had sensors within the steering wheel.
It is not just time or milage dependent. The system is still actively looking at parameters even without the binnacle camera.

 

[Anon70]

The system is still actively looking at parameters even without the binnacle camera.

 

[EvTek23]

This is obviously a later owners handbook, the one I downloaded when I got my car refers to the camera only, although as I stated in my earlier post mine is a later car without the camera, the manual just has the following

It's interesting to see the later manual says "by comparing information such as vehicle speed and steering wheel angle with basic data obtained based on mass data statistics".
I can only think it means the car compares information gathered from the camera, radar and other parameters in a monitoring autonomous driving mode, and compares this to real information it is receiving from the vehicle, such as speed and steering wheel angle (as stated in the manual) and other information from the driver, and making decisions on that basis building up a profile of errors to determine if the driver is fatigued. Very sophisticated.

 

[Joules]

Well today I got the "coffee cup" and "bongs" ? . I'd no idea what they were for as (as is normal) the actual text of the alert flashed on and off the drivers display faster than can be read....

As I'd been driving for about 2 1/2 hours I worked out that my MG was nagging me to take a break!!

This happened to me yesterday driving up to Kinloch Rannoch. About two & three quarters hours in and about 30 miles to ago, the coffee cup came on with a warning telling us to take a break that was just long enough to read before it disappeared. We carried on and the bongs kept us aggravated enough to keep us alert until we arrived. . As soon as you get off the seat it cancels. I had it disabled, but probably the software update carried out last week has defaulted it on again.

 

[Tuareg]

Yes, recommendation is a short stop every couple of hours, makes sense, we've always done that.

The UK Highway Code recommends taking a 15-minute break every two hours of driving. This is a general guideline for all drivers to stay alert and focused

 

[fnegroni]

Considering the standard of driving is quite poor on average, unless someone has a 3+ hours of continuous footage from a dashcam proving that after 3 hours they are still driving well and with a high enough standard of driving, I will still consider those driving more than 2 hours without stopping as being inconsiderate.

That and people who adjust their headlights high enough that they blind everyone else!

 

[Rolfe]

I'm told the SE has the coffee cup feature, but I've never seen it. It's true that if I belt down the motorway at full tilt I probably won't be driving for much more than two hours before I have to stop anyway, less in winter, but I've had several situations where pressure of traffic has meant that I've been driving for nearly four hours and it still didn't activate.

Once was travelling from Brighton to Halifax and the holdups on first the M25 and then the M1 were unreal. The M1 was particularly stressful because the lanes were narrow and the TJA assist didn't like it. I was going so slowly that when I got to my planned stop (Milton Keynes I think) I still had quite a lot of charge left. I briefly considered going on, but then I thought, you've been driving for three and three quarter hours and you're starving, just stop.

Another time I was driving from home to Fort William, which is about 150 miles, and again road works around Crianlarich and then heavy traffic in the Glen Coe area held me up a lot. I was just minutes off the four hour mark when I pulled into the supercharger site at Fort William. Never a sight of the coffee cup either time.

I checked the settings but nothing is turned off. It might be that it's simply inoperable on my car, I don't know.

 

[ReintjeWA]

I'm told the SE has the coffee cup feature, but I've never seen it. It's true that if I belt down the motorway at full tilt I probably won't be driving for much more than two hours before I have to stop anyway, less in winter, but I've had several situations where pressure of traffic has meant that I've been driving for nearly four hours and it still didn't activate.

Once was travelling from Brighton to Halifax and the holdups on first the M25 and then the M1 were unreal. The M1 was particularly stressful because the lanes were narrow and the TJA assist didn't like it. I was going so slowly that when I got to my planned stop (Milton Keynes I think) I still had quite a lot of charge left. I briefly considered going on, but then I thought, you've been driving for three and three quarter hours and you're starving, just stop.

Another time I was driving from home to Fort William, which is about 150 miles, and again road works around Crianlarich and then heavy traffic in the Glen Coe area held me up a lot. I was just minutes off the four hour mark when I pulled into the supercharger site at Fort William. Never a sight of the coffee cup either time.

I checked the settings but nothing is turned off. It might be that it's simply inoperable on my car, I don't know.

I've had a situation were I was driving and could feel I was fatigued, so I just pulled into a bay for roadtrains to check their loads before they drive into the metro area, and had a rest and some caffeine. But I never saw the alert, and I knew I was too tired to keep driving, so not sure what the system monitors, but I feel it missed something there.

 

[Tuareg]

Thing is that if you realise that you're too tired to drive, it's too late as fatigue leads to irrational thinking, which itself leads to the many incidents on highways. Best to stop before getting tired and keep alert for the next 2 hours.

 

[Rolfe]

I've had a situation were I was driving and could feel I was fatigued, so I just pulled into a bay for roadtrains to check their loads before they drive into the metro area, and had a rest and some caffeine. But I never saw the alert, and I knew I was too tired to keep driving, so not sure what the system monitors, but I feel it missed something there.

I haven't actually felt tired driving the MG, so I don't know if it missed anything or not.

I did have an incident in my Golf, with a friend in the passenger seat, driving back from Harrogate. The A68 was closed and I had to drive across the Pennines in quite heavy fog with no satnav. I was still OK when we made it to the M6, but once we were past Gretna and on to the A74 I suddenly began to feel extremely tired. I didn't really fancy stopping on the hard shoulder to change drivers and decided to hold out till Annandale Water. I must have been showing something, because my friend suddenly said, are you OK? I said, no I'm not, I'm just hanging in here till we get to Annandale Water, then we're stopping for coffee, and then you're driving.

But somehow, since having the MG4, I always feel as fresh as a daisy. Not quite sure why?

 

[Ian Key]

But somehow, since having the MG4, I always feel as fresh as a daisy. Not quite sure why?

It's probably because it's a lot quieter and easier to drive.

I used to drive to my Auntie's in Cheltenham, which was a 200 mile round trip, in various cars starting with a Triumph Herald and ending with a Mk3 Ford Mondeo . Each car was quieter and more refined than the last and I would feel less tired as the cars improved.