Getting annoyed by the recurring issues.

[Maguffin]

I ordered my ‘23 Hybrid in fall of ‘22 from dealer and was a smooth experience. A year later I took delivery and was the versatile vehicle I expected. Then the recurring dead 12V battery and “deep sleep” warnings. Numerous batteries and software updates it’s back again Ffs.
Had a constant clunk from RF that dealer was able to solve as an internally blown strut. Now I have developed a wicked shimmy/shudder on acceleration which is supposedly is shitty drive shafts.
I still enjoy this as a great daily use vehicle but damn these piss poor quality issues. I am not going to dump it out of frustration but way too many issues for a vehicle with only 40,000km.

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[Scott Asheville]

There's no easy consolation when somebody just gets "that truck", or possibly "that dealership". I swore off Toyota for life after multiple bad sales and service experiences. It really seems to be like drawing straws sometimes.

 

[El Kabong]

The axles are a known issue with pre-refresh vehicles, the blown strut was bad luck in the new parts lottery, and the 12v battery issue is all on Ford.

Replace the battery with an AGM and make sure you have all updates done. Hopefully this will be the end of that issue for you (hopefully!).

 

[Maguffin]

The axles are a known issue with pre-refresh vehicles, the blown strut was bad luck in the new parts lottery, and the 12v battery issue is all on Ford.

Replace the battery with an AGM and make sure you have all updates done. Hopefully this will be the end of that issue for you (hopefully!).

The last attempt they did put in an AGM, flat after 6 months.

 

[El Kabong]

The last attempt they did put in an AGM, flat after 6 months.

Using the lessons learned in the HYBRID 12V Battery Mystery SOLVED - if you have access to a charger that works with AGM batteries - fully charge your AGM (if you get a new one, also make sure it's fully charged!) then do the BMS reset.

YOU MUST ONLY DO THIS AFTER YOU ARE CERTAIN THE BATTERY IS FULLY CHARGED! It sets the BMS into a state that thinks the battery is fully charged, if your battery is at 50% then this process will make it think that the 50% state is the fully charged state and bad things will happen.

Maverick BMS manual reset:

1. Put the vehicle in ACC mode (push the START button without pressing the brake or put the key to ACC position) - do not start the engine.

2. Flash the high beams five times, then -

3. Press the brake pedal three times.

After a few seconds, the battery light on the dashboard should flash, indicating a successful reset.

But yeah, clearly the battery charging logic is not up to snuff, and at least one of the service bulletin/recalls addresses some parasitic drain somewhere if I recall correctly.

 

[HeyBales]

The last attempt they did put in an AGM, flat after 6 months.

That sounds more like a parasitic drain. Infrequently enough to cause problems.

On likely an AGM that wasn't fully charged anyway due to charging strategy that didn't help the situation. Different issue.

But there are 3 known potential drains now - with software updates.
They should have applied 1 or 2 of them when you got the AGM - as they did exist. Well, at least 1 did for sure.

But I'm sure they tagged it as a bad battery back then and did no further investigation.
Which by that point, ya was bad battery.
If your work order says no SSM was followed - call them up.

 

[Maguffin]

Using the lessons learned in the HYBRID 12V Battery Mystery SOLVED - if you have access to a charger that works with AGM batteries - fully charge your AGM (if you get a new one, also make sure it's fully charged!) then do the BMS reset.

YOU MUST ONLY DO THIS AFTER YOU ARE CERTAIN THE BATTERY IS FULLY CHARGED! It sets the BMS into a state that thinks the battery is fully charged, if your battery is at 50% then this process will make it think that the 50% state is the fully charged state and bad things will happen.

Maverick BMS manual reset:

1. Put the vehicle in ACC mode (push the START button without pressing the brake or put the key to ACC position) - do not start the engine.

2. Flash the high beams five times, then -

3. Press the brake pedal three times.

After a few seconds, the battery light on the dashboard should flash, indicating a successful reset.

But yeah, clearly the battery charging logic is not up to snuff, and at least one of the service bulletin/recalls addresses some parasitic drain somewhere if I recall correctly.

dealer did all that. I checked when I got home and battery was fully charged, I did the bms reset just in case

 

[Bob zimmerman]

You know they will replace your bad axles for free even if out of warranty, right?
Bob

 

[Maguffin]

You know they will replace your bad axles for free even if out of warranty, right?
Bob

I’m still under the 5/100km power train so yes I’m aware it’s free. My understanding is only the ‘22 models have warranty extension

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