During testing, the Huawei Maextro V800’s brake pedal failed. In three consecutive cars. Such is Chinese premium quality…

There must be some truth to the complaints about brake pedals breaking in Chinese cars. A representative from Dongchedi site had a surprise during a emergency braking test with the Huawei Maextro V800: one of the mounting bolts snapped, the pedal flew to the floor, and the car stopped slowing down. The problem occurred in all three cars tested.

Maextro V800, Luxury in Chinese Style

Maextro is a brand created by Huawei (hardware, electronics, software) and JAC (car manufacturing). The Maextro V800 is a luxury van that became the first domestically produced model to reach a price of 1 million yuan, which at current distributor rates in Poland would equate to around 1.28 million zlotys. Even in the cheapest and lowest-spec version, the price of the Maextro V800 starts at 766,000 yuan, or 980,500 zlotys at the above exchange rate, or equivalent to 447,000 zlotys.

Dongchedi is China’s largest independent car testing website. It has already had a dispute with Huawei when winter tests revealed that the Aito M7 (a joint venture product of Huawei/HIMA and Seres) achieved only 31.6 percent of its claimed range in cold conditions, the worst result in the comparison. Now another model has faced issues: in three consecutive Maextro V800 units, emergency braking caused problems with the brake pedal. In the first unit, the mounting broke off during the third brake application; in the second, it happened during the fourth; and in the third unit, also purchased as brand new, the brake failed already after the second brake application:

In the case shown in the video, the plastic mounting broke, causing all pedals to fall to the floor and forcing drivers to use emergency braking activated by shifting into P gear. The video (below) shows that although the driver was prepared for a failure — not coincidentally, the camera was positioned to capture this area — he pressed the pedal desperately before realizing it would do nothing. From the outside, it appeared as though the car braked sharply and then continued moving forward. If it had been an obstacle on the road, the Maextro V800 would have hit it at a speed of about 76 instead of 106 km/h:

A video review of Huawei’s Maextro V800 emergency braking features, priced at 880,000 and 1,010,000, showing a business vehicle with a fridge and coffee maker in the back seat.

In multiple tests across several vehicles, the emergency brake pedal broke completely, leaving drivers to rely on P gear to slow down before finally coming to a stop.

The testing agency, Dongche Di, is China’s most well-known third-party testing organization.

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The manufacturer has not yet commented on the situation, but the internet has seen both outrage over this “luxury” van and attempts to justify the model by saying the tests are not necessarily realistic, as it’s unclear whether repeated hard braking meets current standards (source). We’ve also encountered opinions that in similar situations, the car’s systems will respond faster and better, and there’s regenerative braking as well, so the driver won’t need to press the brake pedal hard and risk breaking it.

Editor’s note from Elektrowozu: As owners of such a vehicle, we would obviously prefer never to need to brake hard, but if a similar situation did arise — a resistance brake is absolutely essential, especially during skids — we’d probably feel slightly disappointed if the pedal broke or came loose from its mounting

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