A Chinese motorist claims that his new Xiaomi SU7 Max driver fatigue warning keeps triggering because of his really small eyes.
Mr. Li, a young driver from China’s Zhejiang Province, recently bought the luxurious Xiaomi SU7 Max, a beautiful EV sedan powered by a powerful motor capable of taking the car from 0 to 60 mph in just 2.78 seconds. It’s one of the most coveted electric cars in the world right now, but for Li, it has been a pain to drive. Soon after taking his new ride out for a drive, the Chinese man started hearing the “Please focus on driving” warning sound, even though he was not distracted and was watching the road in front of him. The message “Focus on driving, pay attention to safety” kept showing up on the car’s digital display as well, and it took him a while to figure out that his eyes were the problem.
“I opened my eyes wide, and then I didn’t hear the warning sound,” Mr. Li said in a video that has gone viral on social media. “But when I opened my eyes normally, I heard the warning sound again. Apparently, my eyes are so small that the car thinks I am about to fall asleep.”
In his video, Li complained that the car’s fatigue warning triggered about 20 times during a short drive, which he found very annoying and distracting. Interestingly, many of the comments on his clip were from Chinese motorists who claimed to have experienced similar problems with other Chinese cars from brands like Lynk & Co, Deepal, and others. Other Xiaomi SU7 owners claimed to have reported this same issue to the manufacturer.
After Li’s video went viral, Xiaomi came out with a statement, claiming that the motorist had experienced the SU7’s ‘fatigue monitoring’ function. The system detects the driver’s condition through a camera mounted on the vehicle’s steering wheel, and if it detects that they are distracted or tired, it sends out audio and written warnings on the car’s display. If the driver does not respond to these warnings, the car begins to decelerate until it stops completely.
The Chinese automaker clarified that the fatigue monitoring app can be turned off in the settings, but doing so is not recommended because of obvious safety concerns.
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