Bloody hell, if you sooks didn't like that, then you'd better run away before you see what's coming next gcdnb.pbrd.co/images/2QSb89VWZsqw.jpg?o=1

Absolutely love your attitude to everything! Couldn’t agree more us as the vehicle operators, we should have complete control of what features are enabled we want and don’t want!

Hi. You can turn off the startup sound by clicking Vehicle Settings -> Intelligent Reminders -> Vehicle Prompt Sound Source -> change from Brand to Standard. The left and right turning sound will be standard as well. The labels may not be exactly same in Seal, but all BYD cars should be similar. 😄

Just curious why you bought it? It’s not like they added all that annoying stuff after the test drive. Unless you bought it to complain and make content? Don’t get me wrong, all that stuff would annoy me too, but I’d vote with my feet and walk out the dealership

The indicator sound. Is and option, you csn just choose another. The stereo needs another setup, heard it tuned right. The sound was amazing. You can set the adas up so you just need one setting on start up, to turn off. Sounds to .e that you haven't bother to set the car up right.

Hello everyone! Just spend an hour to find a solution on a brand new Byd seal! And this is not the way at all … you just need to enter the car system on the screen … third entry on the vertical menu then last entry on your right on the horizontal menu … and change the sound to standard… all the noises and spaceship sounds GONE without touching any fuse ! Enjoyyyy 😁

Lol at the "I'll do whatever the fuck I want". Subscribed.

In Hong Kong my BYD Atto 3 allows me to select what kind of driving assist I prefer. And it stays as it is until I change them again. No annoying.

I wasn't betting on the indicators making that weird ding sound. That a whole musical intermission when you start and stop the car is a bit much

If these are anything like the Atto 3’s, you can turn off some of the goofy sounds in [Vehicle Settings] -> [Notification]

I wonder why none of the car reviews talk about this stuff... Things like this would genuinely piss me off so much that I'd just return the car :/

Hi Paul, following in from our previous dialogue, I strongly complained to BYD. They took the car back for a day and toned its all down, although still not acceptable, not comfortable, very challenging! Today : not only the road black snakes, I was getting thrown all over the road from the power poles overhead electrical cable shadows on the road 🤣🤣 The only way this will get sorted, if many people continually raise Thank you 😊

You can thank the eu for that line assistance crap Cleary thought up by a ploitician that doest drive cars on european roads that are narrow and getting narrower with the new cyclist first roads they are making.

You dont need to bypass the audio noises... there is a setting that removes that and makes the indicators "normal" sound. Takes 3 secs if you bothered to check

I haven't gotten the car yet (early next year), but sat in one and played around with the settings a bit. From memory there is a swipe down option from the top of the screen that has quick commands. I think you can turn off all those ADAS things there if you preset it. Might be wrong though, only played around with it for 10 mins. Also as a fellow baldy, how is the sun through the roof? I'm in QLD and was wondering if I need to have the shade inserted 24/7. Cheers mate.

i read that the resetting ADAS settings is due to the European regulations. Though I hope that BYD introduces profiles and that it would allow you to choose a custom profile on startup

I drove the Seal for 1 days….took it straight back. This is absolutely annoying. I encourage you all to write to BYD and complain. I had an update installed and it has settled down somewhat, but still does not allow a relax drive….i was trying to avoid an overwidth truck and was pulling me in to dangerous territory. Come on people, you voice will get change to this deadly driver assistance software. Such a nice car, however what a let down!!

the ADAS reset is because of some stupid EU regulations compliance reason.

If you use the indicator........you will not have to fight the steering wheel. BYD are working on an OTA update to tame the intervention of the ADAS systems and make it easier to turn some of them off. I drive a Skoda and if I try to leave my lane with lane keep assist activated.......the car will try and stop me unless I've indicated. It's not rocket science.

"ill do what the fuck i want" - man you crack me up

Don't need to take the fuses out, BYD did an on air update that stores your settings when you turn off the lane assist and speed sign recognition

So at what point do you just build your own car?

can't you change most of the sounds under the "Notification" options?

Thanks for being honest with the issues you’re finding.

You do realize that by disabling the ADAS and you do have an accident, insurance companies being the asshats that they are, may not cover you saying you modified the safety systems of the car. This is, in my opinion, just a reasonable hypothesis of what could happen in the future. I don't deny the audio warnings would get annoying in the Seal. My Ford Escape Vignale has these systems but fortunately the way I operate the car, they are nothing more than I minor nuisance. Also, the lane keeping assist is excellent in my car as is speed sign recognition.

I will just not Drive this, If any unlucky reason you get into a crash, most likely your insurance will say you are insurance is voited because you are tampering with the car safety system

It seems these ADAS systems become mandatory in various countries, and eg. EU made it mandatory, that they have to be switched on on every start-up. The most common solution is to mute them (luckilly they haven't forbidden it yet), but it depends on car manufacturer if this setting is saved or not.

Apart from your Disney Soundtracks, this is exactly my gripe with the VAG's MEB platform of electric vehicles as well. In my case, the Q4 e-Tron, but all the MEBs are like this. To disable specifically the lane holder, I need to press and hold the button at the end of the _wiper_ handle for no less than four seconds. Personally, I will not even attempt to reverse engineer anything. I will simply add some electronics to the steering column to emulate press and hold of this button at every startup. Caveat Emptor - I have not truly researched this, but rumors are that EU directives now dictates that _if_ the vehicle is equipped with ADAS, it _shall_ be activated on each and every start-up of the vehicle. And it _shall_ be a PITA to disable. What is more easily confirmed is that eCall became mandatory on 31 March 2018, and «Intelligent speed "assistance"» plus «Reversing detection with camera or sensors» and «(Driver) Attention warning» became mandatory on 1. January 2024. As is «Event Data Recorder (EDR)» aka. "Black Box" by Amendment 160 to Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2019/2144. They also mandated some «Alcohol interlock installation _facilitation_» for good measure. More to be progressively introduced on the roadmap up until 2029. Additionally, remember that the design criteria for the EU Galileo GNSS navigation system was that is should be precise enough to facilitate virtual toll roads. Oh btw, automotive Cybersecurity measures to stop reverse engineering from occurring is now also mandatory. There went your Right to Repair, by courtesy of the EU Council…

Well done, you just made the car driveable. Loss of cruise control is bad though.

If it's running android what about gaining root and bypassing that way?

Shouldnt be turning off the front cross braking especially, and child presence detection I wouldn't think. You should be able to leave the speed sign reading, but turn off the alert. That way you can always glance and know what speed you should be doing. You can change the indicator noise to traditional blinker easy enough on Atto 3, I assume on that too. Which also deletes the start up noise. Deleting your cruise control makes the whole thing not worthwhile IMO though I do agree you should be able to save your preferences and not have to go in each time and change it. Hopefully BYD provide an over the air update on this.

About indicator sound. If I remember correctly there are two sounds to choose from. The other sounds normal.

That jerking sensation from your car's ADAS when you try to change lanes without signaling? It's a nudge to remind you to drive more safely. Remember, it's not just about your driving enjoyment; it's about keeping everyone on the road safe.

The noises and having to pull a fuse to make the car function "normally" along with a dozen amber warnings would be a deal breaker for me. It'd be interesting to know if the sounds and settings could be modified by somehow accessing the onboard computer/ecu. People have been modding ECUs in ICE cars for decades, but it may be different in these. I imagine that the sound would be controlled by a linux powered infotainment given its coming out of the speakers, which 9/10 can be "hacked" into with enough time and effort.

The whole ADAS system is, in most new cars, part of the NCAP safety system. Even western cars have that nowadays to get the highest NCAP rating… the problem though is exactly like you said: it takes away control of a car where you're responsible for whatever happens anyway. It doesn't make much sense: if the ADAS system decides that staying in a lane is more important than avoiding a bicycle, it will jog the steering wheel. If you then hit a person, you're the one going to jail for it (or get fined at least). So thanks for showing how to disable it, I'm sure it works similarly in other cars as well :)

This is a terrible car. I can turn all that off on mine and it remembers the settings. Now you've had to ruin cruise control and the emergency braking which are essentials. And every time you turn on the car you get warnings about ADAS being unavailable... I would return that piece of crap, they managed to make a worse software experience than Tesla

How thee fuck did this car get a 5 star safety rating...

Apparently the lane keep assist system also gets confused with 'tar snakes' as if they're some protected species. I miss the good old days of running over real snakes.

Agree with the ADAS woes. I also have a Seal and feel like I'm performing a flight cockpit check every time I get in just to turn things off for the drive! I do like the cruise control though so I don't think I'll be pulling the fuses out anytime soon. I was in Sydney traffic today and loved the way the cruise control managed the crawl. On the indicator sound, there's a setting that persists to change that. Also, I don't get that welcome sound so I must have turned that off somewhere (accidentally!). I think I saw a setting to increase the sound volume in relation to the Spotify also... i.e. may be each app can have its own sound levels. Don't quote me though.

If it’s steering the car into oncoming traffic, that’s not “annoying”, that’s a “product recall”!

I like the Seal. Surely they will update the ADAS. If they had one pedal driving and no stupid delay in acceleration, so it drives like an ice vehicle, I'd buy one tomorrow!

6:30 You said it! Additionally, if YOU pay for the car, YOU get to decide what to do with it (within the law, of course).

Thanks for the video. Personally, I am going to put pressure on BYD Australian to fix the bloody software. The more people that complain, the more chance they will do it. I'm still learning about the car and the WiFi functionality is another buggy part of the car. At least we have everything controlled by software, they have the capability to do OTA updates to fix it. My understanding is that the software is actually being modified to some degree in Sydney for Australian cars, so maybe that's a good thing.

Perhaps try and burn the fuses and put them back in, could be the same benefit without it being as evident to insurance companies.

I am surprised the car doesn't have driver profiles that are either aligned with the key fob or something you can select that adjusts seats, radio, sound settings (including indicator noises), etc. Love the plates :)

THANK you for this. This car is just about to launch here in Malaysia and I've pretty much decided on this over the Tesla M3, but these annoying software tics and dings really didn't help with that decision. I'd do this on the first day, but does it turn cruise control completely off? I tend to use that quite a bit on a day to day.

I was expecting a packet filter and I got a fuse extraction! :D Great work (as always)!!! Merry XMAS!!!

Those noises are hilarious 😂 Indicating sounds like your plugging and removing a usb stick

Hey Paul, am I right that these are ATO (ATC) plug fuses? Just trying to figure out so I know what gear I'll need to hardwire a dashcame for when I park mine (getting it later this month apparently). Cheers mate

There is a menu option to turn off the silly sounds of the indicators and alerts. Mine was playing loud music outside the car whenever I was driving under 20ks.. its supposed to warn pedestrians that a silent car is coming, but it was more like I was the Icecream man driving down the street. There's options to change it to like a spaceship sound, or just some other high potched sound people think electric cars might make.. but I turned that ish off quick smart.

If we met in person we wouldn't get on - but I like you, and you're not wrong.

Hi Paul, thanks for this vid - appreciate the candour. I'm contemplating a BYD, but this vid aptly demonstrate that the vehicle software is sorely lacking in common sense. So I'm holding out, hoping they update the software for all the vehicles. At the most basic level, an EV should remember settings and let us turn off the unpredictable, potentially dangerous assisted safety rubbish. More chance of that happening than Tesla 3s getting actual indicator stalks, right? :) Can't wait to see ZEEKR and Xiomi enter the field - hopefully the new competition will inspire some better, less flakey software in otherwise awesome vehicles. Come on BYD, fix this please!

Very much enjoyed your use of "f**k that off" haha

You know you change settings, or change the sounds Paul?

Did a test drive in seal and indicators made a normal tic tok sound, must be in manu

Hey Paul, the worst you haven’t experienced as yet I see. Trying to turn left at a T junction can be challenging…. Car braked on two separate occasions on me placing me in a difficult position with nose sticking out on to main road. What a headache, plus I got a headache from the brake jarring…. Sure next couple of days. I was simply trying to merge with busy traffic and in safe manner. The Driver coming down the road went off at me for pulling out and suddenly stopping, I had no control :/ Hopefully enough owners will write in and complain to reassess this. Unfortunately I like/need my cruise control for the kms I drive. I sent your KZfaq video to BYD so they start to think seriously about a remedy!!…although I suspect toy may have made contact.

We have the UK version of this vehicle so it maybe it a bit different, but if you indicate before pulling out of lane, as you should even for potholes, then it will not fight you as it suppresses lane guidance. The only issue is the light indicator press brings the indicators on for too short a period so if you are not into rapid lane changes on the motorway then it grabs you whilst changing lane. Of course, if you put the indicator on fully this is not an issue, but you have to cancel the indicator once in lane.

Totally agree with that saying. If they want to have the great power to control a rolling weapon, they should be more responsible. Not steer you into oncoming traffic. That shit should be recalled before someone's injured or killed. Where's the government on this? Outrageous.

Kind of strange, because the Seal I tested here in Europe a month ago, didnt make the weird noise at the beginning. The indicator sound was also "normal", not this strange "dingdong". Generally speaking, I really didnt like the cluttered Dash and Screen in the middle. Its just ... too many little icons and signs everywhere. Other than that, i really liked driving it. Felt much comfier than a Model 3 and I like the outside look more.

I think if you just turn off the warning off or to vibration only when you turn car on it keeps the settings

Hes right thought. I’ve test driven this car and its technology is for the tip!

That plate.

Why bother buying this and pay for all these features just to turn it off? I do agree. It is annoying at times with all this assistance. As I have a cars with and without driving assistance. I hardly miss the system when i'm driving the one without

Of fuck thats what i have to look forward to. No thanks I'll keep my diesel a while longer

Good video. Well presented, helpful and to the point.👍

I'd prefer a software solution/hack to this hardware hack frankly

I was planning to buy a BYD Seal U in Europe, but your video has a strong point that it is just a freaky, dumb, and dangerous car to begin with.

How was it with the tesla? Did you encounter the same issues?

Any owner who drives one of these vehicles in Byron Shire without pulling those fuses risks their lives and the lives of their family. In Byron Shire pot holes are never repaired, instead someone paints around them with DyMark. The roads are narrow and windy and totally unsuitable for pretend AI.

Never have found out why are Chinese so hilarious with the sound designs and ecommerce commercial text & images?

Would it be possible to replace the audio files that are played maybe? I think you mentioned in the last video that it seems to be android based so it should be fairly easy to get root access. You may even be able to change the default parameters for the ADAS in there so that you can keep cruise control too.

Did you buy that car unseen??

Just that turn signal sound fx alone is already a deal breaker for me.. the hell is that lol

I can't stand all the modern EV noises! I just silenced my ZE1 Leaf completely, then re-added the indicator tock noise back by monitoring the CAN bus and pulsing a small speaker when the right packet is seen :)

The Litmus test of all technology (and the first question you should ask of any tech) has nothing to do with its functionality. It's: 'How easy is it to turn off?'

Brilliant! And greetings from Finland!

Strange that these issues exist in the seal as most don't in the Atto 3. The indicator sound is selectable between a chime and a normal click. The ADAS steering bump, can be turned off by your thumb with a button on the dash. And the speed alert i have only heard over 20km over the speed limit but i have turn off. I wonder why they allowed the Atto to be able to do all this, and not the seal

I love the car, but I have to turn off the assistane everytime, Ill try the fuse trick Question, does this turn off all the assistante, the emergency breaks have save me from stupid bumps in other cars in the past...

This video is comedy gold 😂 Btw, is this standard across all seals throughout the world? I just visited their showroom here in Malaysia and tested the car. The seals here have all those annoying sounds off and settings saved and no ding dong, dong ding sound when indicating.

On the Tesla when you try to do a double lane change with that feature turned on it rips the wheel out of your hand if you're just using 1 hand 😂 surely when they tested that feature they didn't consider a double lane change?

buy yourself a Yugo, it won't annoy you at all, I am sure.

1:40 Fav quote of the day

By pulling the fuse, did you also disable the auto break?

Awesome Paul, loving it, the bigwigs at byd-hq should pay attention and deliver on what we want! Still, best bang for buck EV and now with the right "can-do" mods!!

It's amazing how these 'features' are aimed at the Chinese market. A lot of these are aimed 'new' Chinese drivers, and are somewhat aloof/careless. The sounds and ADAS stuff should be able to be turned off permanently - I assume there will be some 'hacks that may help with this.

You can set it all up in menus to your liking, I guess too many choices for you :)

I like the honda ev, but they dont sell them here in Australia, but I also love my 5 speed land cruiser, no abs, no automatic anything, just you and the machine.

Wow, those noises and ADAS are really annoying. Ideally you could disable those features via the OBD port instead of having to pull the fuses.

Thanks for the video. My question: isn´t it possible to turn off all the anoying things by VOICE CONTROLL? Did You try it? Maybe it is possible..... Greets from Italy

I guess you are going to packet sniff the CAN commands and then automate the commands when you turn it on. Adas really is a joke, its in every car because you cant get 5 stars without it. it shouldn't be used at all on local roads. Road design and chaotic driving situations, these little sub 100w adas units have no hope. And the phantom breaking is a massive pain in the ass. I do a lot of highway driving, and it does work very well in that environment, its a more contained environment, less random lane events, its still a dumb system, and you still have to pay attention and react befor it over reacts for you. In my new ford ranger, it has radar crusie control, you change lanes coming up to a red light with crusie control still on... It was foot to the floor accelerate, and then foot to the floor break at the last second once it picks up the car waiting at the lights.. its distance to reconise the car in front is frightening small. Telsas latest isnt much better. Auto steer on local steets in unusable. Its not as great as its raved

why did you get this car in the first place?

Overactive ADAS would be so annoying. Pity about the cruise control though.

Nice work man, agree we should have controls over those annoying sounds, I hope they don't try to get smart and push a software update to detect the fuse removed :P Hopefully we get the smaller byd dolphin in Brisbane soon so I can have a look at one

It is EU safty standard. These safty settings can be turned off permanently in China. Maybe BYD see OZ as European country.😅

Hello didn’t work on dolphin model I remove de fusible and the sound under 30kph still making me crazy

How old are you? 5?

the chinese version allows you to turn off the startup music and change the turning signal sound to a normal one, but i am not sure if the australian version can do the same

Brand new car and you have to pull the fuses out of the fusebox to disable ADAS lol. 😆 This is a massive pain and actually makes the car more dangerous. Car companies need to be careful, because if ADAS is found to have caused a crash, eg a potentially fatal head-on, then those companies would be liable big time.

Just bought one of these and it's really annoying that I can't just switch it off without having to disassemble the car. My current car allows me to do it without having to do it every time.

What if you only pull one of the fuses? Does each fuse control different ADAS features? That could be useful if the annoying stuff is all under one fuse.