OWNER ANSWER
SEAL steering feels heavy: check Comfort and Sport settings
Open Settings → Vehicle → Driving Control and check the steering-assist choice. The original SEAL handbook provides Comfortable and Sport settings, so start by selecting the feel you prefer. If the selection changes again at the next start, record that behaviour rather than assuming the steering hardware has failed.
Original SEAL RHD EN-250305; not the 2026 facelift. Controls and equipment must match your car.
- While parked, open Settings → Vehicle → Driving Control and note the selected steering-assist mode. Choose Comfortable if Sport feels too heavy for your preference.
- During your next normal low-speed manoeuvre, assess whether the steering feel is comfortable and consistent. Safety note: Stop safely and seek assistance for suddenly excessive effort, a steering warning, binding or loss of normal control; do not try to compensate with a different mode.
- At the next ordinary start, check the displayed steering-assist selection before changing it. This distinguishes a setting that has reverted from a steering problem despite the same selected mode.
- If it reverted, select your preference again and note the full infotainment software version for the failure branch below.
What success looks like
The chosen mode is shown in Driving Control and steering operates consistently. Whether the choice remains selected at the next start is a separate check; the cited passage does not establish a cure for settings that revert.
If that did not work
If the menu returns to Sport at each start, ask BYD to check steering-mode setting retention for your software version. A photo of the selection before switching off and after the next start can demonstrate that specific problem. If the menu keeps your choice but the effort is abnormal, explain when it changes and ask for the steering assistance to be checked. Owners have reported settings reverting, but there is no verified universal reset in the cited handbook; avoid repeatedly resetting the whole car.
Useful next steps
BYD Original SEAL RHD EN-250305; not the 2026 facelift handbook, PDF pages 68. Checked 13 November 2026.
Open source (BYD UK)