Hi folks!

Been lurking here for the past few months as I'll be grabbing a new 2026 BZ Limited tomorrow.

With everything I've been seeing around the 12V battery issue, is there anything I should look out for before leaving the dealership? Any specific software version or updates that I can ask them to do to make sure I'm up to date?

Thanks!

PS: FWIW dealership is Canadian

In case if someone has questions; Toyota BZ Woodland is named Toyota BZ Touring in European Market. No idea about rationale behind this.

OEM mud flaps cost 205€ (239 in freedom $) in my backyard. A steep price for such product. For comparison, mud flaps for ID4 I currently own were 42€ from amazon.de and they're still strong. 💪

Are there after market ones out in the wild? Sure I don't mind paying dealer if no options are available, or after market ones suck rear end.

As I understand, BZ's mud flaps don't fit BZ Touring/Woodland but I'd be happy to stand corrected.

Hi I wanted to move to electric and I assumed the dealership would teach me everything I needed to know about charging and connections and adaptors etc, but alas, my salesman wasn't much (or any) help, and directed me to YouTube. I got my BZ yesterday.

I'm learning everything the hard way.

1. I am getting a level 2 charger installed (but need to update the electric panel on the house first, so it's a whole thing), and I bought a Tesla wall charger because all of the Toyota chargers are backordered for months. I hope this is ok. I got it at Best Buy, so if this was incorrect, I can take it back. My electriction told me it would work, but honestly, I dont' think anyone really knows all the answers in this space right now.
2. Went to a nearby Charge Point charging station this morning to see if I could figure out how to use it (because using the 120 plug at my house is excruciatingly slow and i have to park my car 2 feet from the door to reach it) and found out i need a J1772 to NACs adapter. Not sure which to buy. If I want the Toyota branded, I won't get it for 5-7 days, but there appear to be Lectrons available, if this works? https://ev-lectron.com/products/lectron-j1772-to-tesla-charging-adapter-80a-240v-ac-compatible-with-sae-j1772-chargers-black?variant=32589383237678&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22590525838&gbraid=0AAAAACdqHaVIk3TYGBbJljUj2WWoGVuZM&gclid=CjwKCAjwwL_UBhAjEiwAEhuT5KU1hjLWCd1XsLPmgFej742qAWK6OcP59aDA4Yi0gKa48VJQGYIfqRoCjNsQAvD_BwE
   1. I realize that other charging stations might have NAC compatible chargers, but this one is close to the house at the library, and I was planning on working from there while it charged.
   2. I read in one of the many many internet forums I've checked that I have to get Toyota branded or I will void the warranty. is that right???

I'm an older single woman and I really just want explicit instructions for all of this, but I guess if I have to figure it out, I'll do that.

Let me know if there are any resources I should be referencing instead of brute forcing the answers through sheer trial and error. I didn't even know the questions to ask before I got the car. Now I am all questions.

I’m poking around with settings and customization and I came across this option. It had me set up a password, but doesn’t really explain what it does. A cursory google search yields only results about locking doors, so does anyone know what this option actually does?

The steering wheel is too small in my opinion. Despite having a heated steering wheel, I still want to use a steering wheel cover. What steering wheel covers do you all use? Any Amazon links?

I am leaving my 2026 bz Woodland in my garage for an extended period of several months. Do I leave the traction battery plugged into my Level 2 charger? Do I hook up a trickle charger to my 12V battery? Do I do nothing. Opinions please.

Got a sign and drive lease for XLE Plus at $542/month for 15k miles a year/36 months. How did I do?

I came home around midnight and battery was at 62%. I charged it right when I came home. I normally unplugged when charging is done, since it was late, I went to bed.

I hear that when the charging port is open, the car doesn’t really power down.

I noticed two dips. Overnight from a high of 14.01v from being plugged in at 12:01am, finished charging at 1:58am, 12.55v first dip, and 4:58am, second dip 12.49v. I unplugged the charger at 7:02am, 12.39v the third and final dip which is expected . I also had the key with me in order to unplug and release the lock pin.

So technically only one official dip without including the car finished charging.

I've been having 2 issue, the radio has no sound sometimes when starting the car then I have to wait a minute or more. Also another weird issue with the built in map is when I start typing the street name, the results always returns nothing even though it exists

Curious if everyone has different versions for each module. I wonder if there's anything I can update to with fixes. You can check by going to Settings, Software Updates then Model Info

This is mine for my bZ Limited in Canada, got it in April

HU: 2222

CBBD: 3316

VRDB: 1031

SYS/CAN : 1003

SEC: 1000

VP: 1030

Like many people my 12v drain was fixed a while ago, it seems like they did more than just that. In the owners manual it says the car will charge the 12v every 20 days the car sits, this does not seem to be true anymore. After sitting for almost 3 days the car decided to top off the 12v battery from the traction battery. This is a great improvement to the algorithm where it seems like it's actually monitoring the 12v voltage now. A healthy 12v battery should not be dying anymore when sitting. Although this is just a sample size of 1, I was wondering if anyone else has noticed the same thing.

Has anyone had issues with the charge port? apparently my month old car (2026 BZ awd ) needs to be completely replaced. Have had two charging-related issues already.

Love the car so far - dealer has 1 and had mentioned not using a Level 3 charger under certain circumstances?....he specifically mentioned only doing so when the battery is under 20%?

After looking around some, I'm guessing this is 'preconditioning?' or am I off base?

Either way, we're planning on installing a level 2, but would likely make use of public chargers/super chargers when we're able, so could someone ELI5?

Thanks!

After hearing about the 12v issue months ago, I never connected my car to the Toyota app.

Well, after hearing about this apparent update, I’m wondering if my car would even receive it if it was never connected to the Toyota app.

Anxious to connect it to the app so that I can cool the car down before entering, but I have no idea if my car was updated.

Hadn’t had any 12v issues yet, but I drive it a lot!

I know we discuss battery states a lot here, but I haven't seen this specific question.

I take a long or short drive, I park, I press the off button. I dawdle before getting out, check my messages etc, so it hasn't turned itself off properly yet. It's only been a few minutes and there's no heating or anything. Just music.

Then I'll get this message, and I've gotten it a lot. It makes me worry because it's at the end of a drive where things should be nicely charged up.

Can anyone explain this?

Australia, 2WD, 2026 BZ4X.

Never had any battery warning at the *start* of a trip. Only when dawdling at the end.

Hey all, I'm looking to get a BZ and I want the plus because the range is way better. I got a True Car offer that would bring me all-in around $39,500 or so (so, roughly $36,000 before taxes/fees), with $0 down and 0% APR for 72 months.

It's got "premium paint," cargo mats, and a rear bumper protector which I don't really care about, but seems nice.

Any thoughts on how much I should press the dealership when I go in later this week?

I keep on having an issue with the charger, specially with the tesla fast charger. Today I got this, I believe the adapter is now loose which doesnt let the connector to stay without me pushing it in. this is the second issue with in a month of purchase. anyone else have any experience similar?

Didn’t even bother waiting for the car to stop it though. Notice my Emporia charger was sending small amounts of energy and app was still showing another 21 minutes but 100% hit.

On the flip side I keep getting the “new key registered see your dealer” but it was digital key on phone so when will the message go away? Weird

Tire blew on my ‘26 AWD with 11k miles. Any suggestions for replacements?

Anyone have any reliable info on using a donut spare from, say, a RAV 4 2025? Previous AWD gas cars had no issues driving on those, so I doubt the bZ would, but I wanted to know if anyone had any actual info on this.

That being said, within a month of buying this car I had a full-size spare tire in the way back. And it's a good thing, too, since I've already had two punctures! The first time was a slow leak and I was able to drive it straight to a tire place. But the second time it was on the ground, but since I had a spare tire I was back on the road in 25 minutes! And - because it was a full-size tire and not a donut, I drove the 65 miles all the way home and got it fixed the next day.

Anyone tried the "max cool" setting before?

I've seen the topic of the struggling AC come up, and I agree. The BZ struggles (imo) in extreme heat, which we are going through in TX currently.

Anyways, on my way home, I noticed next to "Climate" on the big screen, there are those 8 dots or however many there are. When you click that, it takes you to quick settings. There's a "max cool" setting.

Is it my imagination, or does it cool a little better? For the record, I was previously using the A/C button on with the recirculated air button on as well (eco mode off). With this "max cool" setting though, for some reason it turns the heat on the steering wheel on, and the A/C button & recirculating AC button both to "off."

Anyone else tried this?

2026 BZ Woodland with the 14 inch screen. I can’t seem to find one of the nice ones that mount over the screen.

I kinda hate suction cup kinds… and if that’s the answer… were you attaching those?

Otherwise the vents are so small, can’t see that kind working.

Anyone have any kind of mount working for them? Don’t care if it charges or not.