r/Toyota_bZ

For those of us who have been monitoring our parasitic drain, curious who is still seeing it and who has not. Trying to determine what the common factor might be in the recent sawtooth drain stop on 8/12.

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Out of nowhere, CarPlay happily announced that it was receiving battery information from my bZ. Did they finally fix EV reporting, or was this a fluke?

Anybody still getting the sawtooth drainage after Aug 12 ? I noticed it just stopped happening and someone from the Trailseeker subreddit noticed the same things. Was there a quiet update rolled out?

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It seems like it's still going on for some people. I did stop DCM, deleted app and digital key and reinstalled and re-enabled everything. Not sure if that did anything

Has anybody experienced an extra large utility bill and have an idea why? I had a dead 12V recently and the car was plugged in. Would there have been a constant attempt to recharge the 12V? I can’t imagine that’s it, but I’m grasping at straws.

Anyone who can speculate (or confirm) likely September promos for the bz? Are there any lesser known promos currently vaild? im in Oregon, but can shop california and washington.

As of right now, there is still zero mention of any bZ recall on Toyota Canada nor from Transport Canada. Has anybody in Canada actually been notified that anything needs to be done?

I just saw somwhere that there is going be a 2027 BZ, should i wait for the 2027 bz? Anything new or improvements?

I'm sure Toyota has already thought of this so I'm not particularly worried, but I'm just wondering what screen protections there are since the climate controls are very static to the display. What if you go on a 7+ hour road trip (from southern to northern California, for example)?

I’ll be picking up a new BZ Woodland in the next week or so and have a couple of questions! I’m trading in an EV so I’m familiar with the usual EV stuff and lifestyle changes :)

1. I plan on asking the dealership to turn off the chime inside the car when it’s in Reverse, but I’m skeptical they will actually know how. Are there instructions somewhere that I can give them?

2. My home charger is a j1772 (ChargePoint) but I understand the BZ has an NACS port, is that right? Should I change my home charger to NACS so I don’t need to use an adapter every time I charge at home (and is that something I’d need an electrician to do)?

3. I really don’t want to deal with 12v issues and I know they’ve been discussed on this sub ad nauseam. Am I better off just never installing the Toyota app? Or installing it but immediately disabling DCM? What do I miss out on without the app, versus having it without DCM? What can I still use it for without DCM?

4. What’s the secret to keep AC on in the car while my dog is in there for 20-30 minutes of grocery shopping?

5. Any accessories you recommend for making the stupid wireless phone charging pads more useful, and/or organizing the center console or the space beneath it?

I may have more questions when I get the car, but thanks for any help you can send my way in advance!

You can see my previous post at the link
https://www.reddit.com/r/LexusRZ/s/SfYaWYa8nU

I wanted to share this update separately because I’ve heard only a few people mention the software update. After my 12V battery died, I pushed the dealer to perform a parasitic-draw test after the car sat overnight. The service manager told me Lexus engineers hadn’t actually seen the problem occurring live before and “geeked out” over finally observing it—he joked that my car is now famous. Ugh. Nice after being without it for over three weeks.

Lexus Engineering subsequently pushed an OTA software update related to the DCM/12V parasitic draw 8/13. He said it isn’t publicly available yet and may be a targeted pre-release update to specific VINs. They also replaced my 12V battery, and the dealer documented the draw dropping from ~80 mA before the update to ~30 mA afterward, which they said is normal. I was at Lexus Santa Monica in California and the service manager was very helpful.

I’ve restored my profile, app and Connected Services and am using everything normally again. Now we’ll see if it actually works—I’ll report back.

The more people that push this with Lexus dealers, the faster it goes public!

We are interested in purchasing and installing few Toyota parts on our 2026 bZ Limited - specifically:

1. Body Side Molding (PT938-42190-35)

2. Illuminated Door Sills (PT944-42268)

3. Rear Bumper protector (PT924-42262)

Does Toyota include installation instructions in the box with these parts? When we installed the body side molding for our 2014 Accord, I believe I was able to download the instructions online but I do not see any installation instructions / guides on autoparts.toyota.com web page for each of these Toyota products so just wondering.

Thank you in advance for any input.

When the car is on/running/'Ready' and you get out and close the door, the car beeps 8 times - very loudly. If you open and close any other door when there's no one in the driver's seat the car also beeps 8 times. I would like to turn that off.

I've looked through the manual and the list of customizable options in the back and I can't find any reference to this. Does anyone had a lead on what this function is even called? There is something about trying to lock the car while it's on, but I don't thinks that's it.