After 12 days of investigation at a BYD service centre, representatives from BYD Sime Motors visited the owner in Melaka to provide an explanation on the issue. While initial assessments pointed to the 12V battery as the culprit, the final diagnosis revealed a different root cause: a faulty sensor located at the driver’s door.

According to the explanation given, the damaged sensor mistakenly triggered the vehicle’s safety shutdown sequence.

This caused the Atto 3 to initiate rapid emergency braking, which activated the hazard lights and bringing the car to a complete stop in under seven seconds. This was followed by a full system power-off.

The car reportedly became unresponsive with the gear in neutral, and the wheels locked, preventing it from being pushed to safety. As a result, it had to be towed with the help of wheel dollies.

The owner has also published dashcam footage, confirming that the car began braking at 00:21 while travelling at 106km/h, coming to a full stop by 00:27. He emphasised that no warnings or indicators appeared before the vehicle took “drastic” action.

While the experience was unsettling, the matter was resolved when BYD Sime Motors agreed to repurchase the vehicle via full settlement with the bank. The owner noted some financial loss from several months of instalment payments but said the decision was made in the interest of family safety. As shared in the previous post, his EV was 10 months old and have clocked over 20,000km.







Similar case overseas (brasil)



This post has been edited by Boy96: May 26 2025, 06:04 PM

good for him because can buy another atto3 at discount right?

Didn't know car will emergency brake if door is opened

Salahkan pintu pulak

faulty sensor at the door also brake? LOL

I believe the main issue is not about the buy back, but how many cars are still there on the road with faulty sensor. So it’s gonna be a recall? Or there is no way to detect it?

Human lives can gone anytime with this kind of sudden braking at high speed.

Gila punye safety function

Illogical to power off and lock wheels

Not scare meh?

Switch to reliable car better

recall inkambing or isolated case? lol

: a faulty sensor located at the driver’s door.

What the fuck? Why so many sensors are directly connected to the car's ability to be used?

wow thats scary man

No viral won't resolve?

FuSa is a bitch causing unintended consequences

so this faulty sensor shit is a disaster waiting to happen.. imagine these modern so called high tech cars now packed with sensors in every corner, one of the sensor go crazy u will risk losing life stopping suddenly in the middle of high speed freeway

Yup that's some regenerative braking going on at 106km/hr to 0 km/hr in just 6 seconds.

this is really stupid and unnecessary move.

nasib baik bukan time corner...lol

Wah ... Really Bei Yan Diu lah lei

Much technology
Very advanced

walauweh, phobia lor, i don't think i still able to drive back the same model or even the same brand ler

my life is not that cheap thou

big loss to him bro. no way he will buy another atto. lol. manufacturer for sure follow that 25% depreciation rules when repurchase his car. he lose big wo in term of monetary

this is lesson to him. dont simply become rat and buy early adopter ev from china

This post has been edited by DS51: May 26 2025, 05:46 PM