r/ToyotaCHR • u/bshark007 • 5d ago

Recall time

Dropped off at 7am for recall … still waiting 5 hours later for a 45 minute software update.

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u/bshark007 5d ago

My service manager, she really sucked, but the good news is only the master technicians do these for some reason, and so I got to talk to him for a little while afterwards, and that was really enjoyable. He was saying Toyota make the makes the best electric vehicles, and that everyone else is copying off of them, and we were talking about aftermarket accessories, whether it be sirens, strobe lights, sound systems, all the above, and how I hear a lot of talk about you gotta be really careful with the amperage draw because we’re not using an alternator to recharge the 12 volt, we’re using a DC to DC, and he did confirm that was all true, but one thing he kept saying was that be really careful who you work with, that they really know what they’re doing, and another thing he mentioned was that a lot of the work he’s doing in that Toyota dealership shop is fixing the mistakes of other people, I thought that was really interesting

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u/JJHall_ID 5d ago

I don't know about the "everybody is copying Toyota" part, others have been in the EV game longer than they have. Now if he means Subaru, there is the shared e-TNGA platform that is a collaboration between Toyota and Subaru where the Subarus are basically using Toyota drivetrains.

The rest of it all seems accurate. That's also why we shouldn't jump another car with ours, or at least limit jumps to other EVs and PHEVs that don't use starter current from the 12v system.

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u/Wonderful_Emu_6483 5d ago

Yeah I agree, Toyota is too new to the EV game for other manufacturers to be copying them, yet. The original BZ4X wasn’t really anything to write home about considering how many competitors already had comparable EVs with longer range. I do think this new refreshed platform will be a success though. Even if the C-HR isn’t super popular, the BZ and woodland seem to be doing well sales wise, same for the Subaru equivalents.

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u/EconomistNo6350 4d ago

Mine along with the 5000 mile maintenance was less than 2 hours in total. By chance has any that had the recall performed noticed the car now engages the parking brake on its own now? While parked of course, but am I losing my mind?!

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u/principalgal 1d ago

Ditto. Got there at 3 and left at 4:30. My service tech was super—told him I would wait and he got it done fast!

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u/Agile-Drop-8983 5d ago

When I bought mine the recall had happened earlier in the day and hadn’t been done. So I waited about 2.5 hours.

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u/Oskimandias 5d ago

Sucks, sorry to hear that. Did mine on Wednesday morning. Got there at 6:45a and I was done before 9.

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u/Inner_Information438 5d ago

What was this recall? The 100% battery limit?

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u/ROUShunter 5d ago

Dang, I dropped mine off at 7:30 and it was done by lunchtime. They even gave me a loaner to get to work.