r/BZ4X

15k miles for $26k

Consider or pass?

Hi BZ owners,
Like many others I’ve had my 2026 bz have a dead battery 4x since I bought it new in April. The dealership has tested the battery and there’s no issue. They gave me the corporate phone number and I went through the recall department and spoke with an advocate. She said that this is “not currently a known issue” and said that anyone with this same problem should call them at 8003314331 to report it. Hopefully with enough people reporting this they can open an investigation. I’ve done everything from keeping my keys out of it, deleting the app, and this is still happening and I have a 5 wk old baby so I am just so over it. I didn’t wait very long when I called them, like 5 min.

I hate it that before I leave I have to open the door and hit my unlock button three times to unplug the car when it’s not done charging. Is there a way to turn this off?

As the title says, I wonder from what country you all are.
I have the idea most owners are from the US and Canada.

Myself am from the Netherlands.
And owner of the Touring Dynamic FWD 2026.

I thought I had been lucky and my 2024 bz4x wasn't going to be an issue with the 12v system. I was wrong.

I bought it used in January with 4k miles on it and it's been great so far. Then I went on vacation and it sat for 14 days. When I got home the 12v system was completely dead...Roadside assistance sent out AAA to Jump start it. okay fine. they arrived about 2 hours after I called but I was home so okay with waiting. They used a jump kit, I drove around for about an hour so I thought it was all good. Boy was I wrong.

This morning at 5AM (less than 12 hours after they told me I was all set) it's dead again. So I called roadside assistance again and it's getting towed to the dealership.

I’m currently driving a 2023 bZ4X Limited sitting at 27.5k miles, and the "Maintenance Required" warning just popped up on my dash. My complimentary ToyotaCare expired back in April, so anything done now is going to be out-of-pocket.

My lease ends next April, and I have zero intention of keeping or buying out the car. Since it's an EV and I only have about 8 months left, I really don't want to pay the dealer $300+ for a 30k service package on a car I'm returning so soon.

For those who have turned in a Toyota lease before:

1. Does Toyota Financial actually check or ask for maintenance receipts when you turn the car in?
2. Will I get hit with any direct fees or penalties solely for skipping the 30k service?
3. Is there any harm in just resetting the maintenance light on the dash and driving it until lease end (assuming tires and brakes still have enough life)?

Thanks in advance!

I took my 2024 in to the dealer for the defroster recall back in March, and they said that the A/C needed to be replaced. They would order the parts and call me when they were ready to do the swap. I called back in May and June to see if the parts had come in and they said it would probably be 6 months "or longer" for the parts to come in. In the meantime, A/C works so I guess it's okay, but it's not confidence inspiring that Toyota can't supply parts for this car. Is my dealer being weird, or is this a reasonable time-line?

I’ve just put a deposit on a 8-month old facelift model, Design Trim, FWD, for pick up on Saturday assuming no issues on test drive.

I test drove a Vision FWD in the pre-facelift model at the weekend, and liked how it drives.

I’m looking for positive thoughts so tell me things you love about your car!

I think yall are lying about my room mode tbh. I charge and dont get the prompt for my room mode when i charge. I have tried both the not pressing the brake and pressing on the break when turning on the car. I always get "battery on" on the dash followed by "battery low turn off battery" aint no such thing as my room mode.

Was wondering if anyone has push the battery to the limit to find out how much the buffer actually has. For research purposes of course.

Was on a road trip today and didn’t account for the 5/10% parasitic drain once getting below 15% charge. Was on 0miles/ - - - for about 6 miles! so nerve racking with rolling hills. Thought I wasn’t going to make it 😭

I possibly have a weird bug or visual bug. When I'm in cruise control, adaptive or regular, and I got the brakes, it only generates about 10% on the regen scale. It stays this way all the way to a full stop. However, if I cancel the cruise with the steering wheel button or press and release the brake to stop the cruise then apply the brakes it will regen all the way up to 100% on the scale.

If I let the adaptive slow me down automatically, it will also use up to the full regen.

Had anyone else experienced this? Do you know if it's truly only using the 10% regen and the guys the brake pads? I'd prefer using more regen to save life on the pads.

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Toyota_bZ/comments/1uwvbrc/bz_woodland_problems_out_the_gate/

So we've now had the car in the shop twice for a dead battery and both times it wasn't sitting for more than a few hours. They've gone from there's no problem, to there is a problem but it's been fixed (they reset everything and it stopped doing the drain thing in the shop, but never found a root cause). I thought I was finally making progress and got the Sales Manager to admit that he wouldn't trust the car in its current state to go into the wilderness, which it was advertised to do. It took some frustrated escalation, but he agreed that what we bought didn't match what we were sold, so we need to either replace the car or figure out how to fix the real difference between the two. Replacing the car was out of the question so I figured we would just account for the real damages so far and in the future. I sent a spreadsheet with tabs for the situation so far: my time researching, money spent on a charger, the inconvenience of the car dying, having to bring the car in and have a loaner, and potential trips we had planned, etc; and some compensation for the car being potentially ready to die at any moment moving forward, plus a clause that a third time means we get a replacement. Then they said they were going to regional with that. At this point I realized I was having to manage the situation so I gave a deadline for a response along with action steps.

They then sent an email at 5pm on the deadline I set saying that after meeting with regional, the best step forward is Toyota Brand Engagement. They gave me the customer service number and a said have a good day. No direct line, no case number, they didn't indicate that they had passed information along. So I called the number and they had my car pulled up, but nothing in their system. Apparently the TAS system doesn't talk to whatever their system is. So I started a case and got a number, then sent a long email to the dealership about how insulting it is to not put any effort into the handoff and just disappearing. I requested a direct line to a manager who had been fully briefed and had their information sent over, and I asked if this meant that they were not offering any compensation at the dealer level. I also asked for the meeting notes or minutes to determine how they decided on this particular course of action.

I got an email back from the GM saying he's sorry for the poor customer service and that he's sent all the files to TBE and gave info on lemon laws and said have a nice day. I wrote back saying how frustrating it is to write a letter explaining how I am starting to lose trust in the dealership's listening abilities and frustrated with the lack of direction, only to get a response that doesn't address my questions fully and gives no directive or expectation of a next step.

I'm very frustrated right now and I'm kind of gently stroking the pin on the metaphorical grenade. I'm actually shocked at how poor their communication has been. I'm waiting until this is fully settled to really make a splash about it, but so far they have been gaslighting, uninformed, dismissive, disengaged, and generally just pointing me into corners repeatedly.

So I'm not putting them on blast just yet, but they're definitely on notice. What's wild to me is that they don't seem to notice that I'm potentially an extremely disgruntled customer, and instead of actually listening and trying to do some basic problem solving, they immediately started trying to brush us off and shoo us away. Do they not expect me to dig in my heels here?

PS I'm not going to publicly post the name of the dealership, but DM me and I can tell you. It's in Washington State is what I'll say.

I see that this has been an off and on topic on here, but I think my question is a little unique.

The EV Routing (and SOC) on Apple Maps on my 2025 BZ4x has worked pretty consistently since I purchased it in June. Any time it disconnected, it was a quick fix.

Unfortunately, I had to take it in for some body-work for about 9 days. When I got it back yesterday, the SOC on Apple Maps was stuck on the charge from 9 days ago, and I haven’t been able to get it to update. Here is what I have tried (multiple times and in different orders):

-Force closing the Toyota App and the Apple Maps app
-Logging in and out of the Toyota App
-Disconnecting and re-connecting my car in Apple Maps
-Turning off EV routing permissions in my phone and turning it back on
-Force restarting my phone

Anyone else experienced this? Does anyone have any advice?