Is Front Cross Traffic Braking on the BYD Seal U DM-i a bit… dramatic?
Hi everyone, quick question for fellow BYD owners. I drive a **BYD Seal U DM-i Comfort** and I’ve noticed that the **Front Cross Traffic Braking** can be a little… over-enthusiastic. Typical scenario: I’m about to enter a roundabout. There’s a car coming on the roundabout, still at a reasonable distance. I start moving slowly to merge and... **emergency braking** as if an imminent collision were detected, while I’m suddenly being strangled by the seatbelt like I’ve done something terribly wrong. In practice, it feels like I have to wait until the other car has completely passed before I can even start moving, otherwise the car slams the brakes, even when the other vehicle isn’t that close. Is this normal ? * Do you experience the same behavior? * Is there a setting that makes it less sensitive, or is it just something you get used to? Curious to hear your experiences and to know if my car is just extra cautious 😄 Just FYI, this is an Italian version (not sure if all European BYD models are the same). ***Possible solution:*** One user suggested a possible workaround that actually makes sense: There’s no dedicated sensitivity setting specifically for **FCTB**, but they had the **exact same issue** and solved it by changing **Forward Collision Warning** to “**Late**”. Since doing that, their car no longer brakes hard by itself at roundabouts—just a quiet beep warning when another vehicle is present, which honestly sounds much more reasonable. That setting could indeed affect **all emergency braking functions**, not just frontal collisions. That said, the way BYD designed the settings menu is quite misleading: **FCTB is visually separated** from **Collision Avoidance Assist**, which really makes it look like the FCW sensitivity should not apply to FCTB at all. In any case, I’ll give it a try. My Forward Collision Warning was set to “**Early**”, so I’ll switch it to “Late” and see how it behaves. I’ll report back once I’ve tested it properly. Thanks a lot for the suggestion, and see you around!
