Unwarranted emergency stop

[Newtali]

My almost 1 year old MG4 did a full on emergency stop the other day. There was a pedestrian walking on the pavement and I assume the car "thought" I was going to hit the person but there was no risk at all! The stop was so severe that had there been a car behind me they would probably have crashed into me!
I often find the car slows suddenly when there is a car on the other side of the road which is annoying but not dangerous, but this is the first time I have had a full on emergency stop!
Has anyone else experienced this?

 

[scbennett]

I had this yesterday for the first time. My MG4 Trophy ER is about seven months old. I was in a narrow road with parked cars and after waiting for a car to go past the other way pulled out to pass a parked car. The car slammed the brakes on and started beeping. The car behind nearly went into the back of me. I have now added this to my list of features to switch off when I start a journey. I also don't use ACC unless on motorway, as I have had the car brake dramatically on ordinary roads when it detects a vehicle coming the other way that it thinks I am going to hit. This also results in the driver of the car behind getting a shock.

 

[MattyS]

I didn't have a stop, but my car flashed up a forward collision warning when it saw a person walking on the pavement next to the road. It's happened a few times, usually when I'm driving next to parked cars. Not sure if there's anything I can do

 

[Newtali]

It seems to be way too sensitive! I'm hoping they will do a software update when I take it for 1 year service which might sort it out.
I don't want to turn it off as potentially it could save my life one day!

 

[pjmmk]

I've turned all the annoyances down to their minimum sensitivity and still get warnings pop up occasionally for no reason that I can see. Honestly, I think that all this interfering automation is making driving more dangerous, not less.

 

[salty]

Honestly, I think that all this interfering automation is making driving more dangerous, not less.

Totally agree. And to some extent, taking the enjoyment out of Driving.

 

[MattyS]

I've turned all the annoyances down to their minimum sensitivity and still get warnings pop up occasionally for no reason that I can see. Honestly, I think that all this interfering automation is making driving more dangerous, not less.

Agreed . It takes my attention off the road, which is never a good thing.

 

[Vipar]

I recon they could take away 50% of the software on my MG4 and it would be a better car to drive

 

[Ian Key]

My car has only done an emergency stop twice in 2 1/2 years and that was because it thought I hadn't seen a parked car.

These are the settings I use and they remain selected next time I start the car.

 

[Slipstream]

It seems to be way too sensitive! I'm hoping they will do a software update when I take it for 1 year service which might sort it out.
I don't want to turn it off as potentially it could save my life one day!

You need to get a software update, mines never done this, but having said that it never did it before.

 

[Rolfe]

I wonder if it's a camera calibration thing?

 

[Lambder]

My MG4 did an emergency stop yesterday for no reason. Luckily I was doing under 10 Mph. I'm going to try messing around with the settings.