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I’ll presume you mean the indicator stalk which uses a soft touch to indicate a lane change, and a firmer push to keep the indicators on until a turn has been made. There’s also some confusion when trying to cancel the indicators manually, and inadvertently indicating the wrong way. Plenty of people have complained about this, and some owners don’t seem to ever get used to it. That said, drivers of other models rarely find this setup to be a problem.

I checked with GWM who told me that there were no plans to make any changes to the indicator system on the current model Tank 300. The vehicle passes all safety standards for Australia and there’s no problem with the system that would require a safety recall or any other intervention. However, this feedback has reached GWM and – though nobody at GWM has said so – I wouldn’t be surprised if the next incarnation of the Tank 300 has a different indicator stalk system.

This message will sometimes be seen in the Tank 300 when the battery charge drops below 12.5 volts. This can happen for a range of reasons, which can include that the key fob is too close to the car when it’s not being used (believe it or not). So don’t leave the key anywhere near the car when you’re not driving and see if that helps.

Other causes are accessories like dashcams that are either wired incorrectly or are not playing nice with the Tank’s body computer. You could try to disconnect the car’s battery overnight which may reset the computer to factory settings, but this seems like a pretty common fault with the Tank 300.

Being such a new car, the problem should not be the battery itself, but it would still be worth having it checked as well as the charging system to make sure there’s no problem there.

This occurs more often than you think and it’s often caused by overtightening of the sump plug when the old oil has been drained out and the new stuff is ready to go in. Generally speaking, the sump plug will be screwing into either a thin metal oil pan or a rather soft alloy sump. Either way, too much torque on the spanner that tightens it can easily strip the treads and leave you stranded. This is far from just a Haval problem – many makes and models have suffered the same fate.

The fix is usually to get the vehicle to a workshop where the mechanic can either drill out the messed up threads and cut a new thread to take an oversized sump plug. Done carefully, this can often be achieved without removing the sump.